Lok Sabha Question No. 50 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-01
Subject: Solid Waste Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 50

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2025

## Solid Waste Management

## 50. SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the current status of municipal solid waste management,  including  State/UT-wise  data  on  total  waste  generated,  segregated (dry/wet) and recycled and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken to promote effective waste segregation at source and separate collection of dry and wet waste from households and commercial establishments;
- (c) whether systematic policies, incentives or public awareness programmes have been introduced to reduce waste generation and increase recycling rates and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the measures undertaken to monitor compliance with waste management rules, including the use of technology for tracking and rewarding municipal performance;
- (e) the details of international best practices adopted in India for waste prevention and segregation, including citizen participation and data-driven monitoring; and
- (f) the long-term strategies proposed to minimise waste generation, enhance recycling, and ensure a cleaner environment in urban and semi-urban areas?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a)   Based on the information submitted by the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) and Pollution Control Committees (PCCs), to Central Pollution Control Board for 2023-24, under the  Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the total solid waste generated in the country  is 1,85,195  TPD, waste collected is 1,79,479 TPD,  waste processed/treated is 114,110 TPD and waste  landfilled  is  39,629  TPD.  The  State/UT  wise  data  for  total  solid  waste  generated, collected and processed is given at Annexure.

(b)    As  per  the  Solid  Waste  Management  Rules,  2016,  the  local  authorities  and  village panchayats are responsible for solid waste management.  The Rules mandate waste generators to  segregate  and  store  the  waste  generated  by  them  in  three  separate  streams  namely  biodegradable,  non-biodegradable  and  domestic  hazardous  wastes  and  handover  segregated wastes to authorised waste pickers or waste collectors as per the direction or notification by the local  authorities  from  time  to  time.  Further,  as  per  the  Rules,  local  authorities  and  village panchayats are mandated to arrange for door to door collection of segregated solid waste from all households, commercial, institutional and other non residential premises.

(c)    The Government of India provides central assistance under the Swachh Bharat Mission for  solid  waste  management  in  urban  and  rural  areas  of  the  country.  The  Swachh  Bharat Mission  Urban  2.0  (SBM-U  2.0)  has  the  overall  vision  of  creating  "Garbage  Free  Cities", through  100  %  source  segregation,  door-to-door  collection  and  scientific  processing  of  all fraction  of  waste,  safe  disposal  in  scientific  landfill,  and  remediation  of  all  legacy  waste dumpsites. Under Swachh Bharat Mission - Grameen Phase II, Department of Drinking Water and  Sanitation  has  issued  operational  guidelines  to  the  States  and  Union  Territories  which include solid waste management activities at the village level.

(d) to (f)   The concerned State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control Committees are mandated  as  per  rules  to  monitor  environmental  standards  and  adherence  to  conditions  for waste processing and disposal sites. Separately, a Swachhta Management Platform 'Swachhatam'  along  with  GIS  platform  based App  was  launched  under  SBM-U  2.0,  by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, to enable data driven decision making and to maintain transparency through digital engagement. Also, Swachh Survekshan under SBM 2.0 provides competitive Monitoring Framework for accelerating Swachhta outcomes in Urban India, with citizens participation being one of the key pillars. The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, recognizes  the  waste  hierarchy  under  which  the  solid  waste  should  be  managed  by  giving emphasis to prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal, with prevention being the most preferred option and the disposal at the landfill being the least.

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Annexure Overall Solid Waste Management Status (as per Annual Report 2023-24 submitted by 36

SPCBs/PCCs) (values in TPD)

| Sl. No.           |     State |   Generated (TPD) | Collected (TPD)   |   Treated (TPD) |
|-------------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |  6890     |          6890     | 6890              |               1 |
| A&N Island        |    77.3   |            77.3   | 72.22             |               2 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |   215.02  |           202     | 44.49             |               3 |
| Assam             |  1224     |          1131     | 726               |               4 |
| Bihar             |  5949     |          5949     | 1502.94           |               5 |
| Chandigarh        |   578     |           578     | 130               |               6 |
| Chhattisgarh      |  2455     |          2345     | 1904              |               7 |
| DNH&DD            |   269.02  |           269.02  | 216.49            |               8 |
| Delhi             | 11342     |         11342     | 7542              |               9 |
| Goa               |   193.9   |           193.9   | 187.9             |              10 |
| Gujarat           | 12000     |         12000     | 7571.832          |              11 |
| Haryana           |  9662.21  |          7248.72  | 4859.31           |              12 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |   362.037 |           361.047 | 339.807           |              13 |
| Jammu &Kashmir    |  1470.3   |          1468.3   | 283.5             |              14 |
| Jharkhand         |  2258     |          2033     | 1349              |              15 |
| Karnataka         | 12140     |         12123     | 7694              |              16 |
| Kerala            |  3011.23  |          2595.22  | 2595.225          |              17 |
| Ladakh            |    12.454 |            12.454 | 7.254             |              18 |
| Lakshadweep       |    18     |            18     | 18                |              19 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |  6853.5   |          6797     | 6526              |              20 |
| Maharashtra       | 24299.4   |         23974.7   | 19877.12          |              21 |
| Manipur           |   290     |           197.27  | 230.4*            |              22 |
| Meghalaya         |   179.12  |           150.5   | 65                |              23 |
| Mizoram           |   248.99  |           129.5   | 102.83            |              24 |
| Nagaland          |   303.865 |           260.028 | 121.62            |              25 |
| Odisha            |  3622.79  |          3479.53  | 2809.258          |              26 |
| Puducherry        |   564     |           564     | 564               |              27 |
| Punjab            |  4860.04  |          4853.6   | 2110.74           |              28 |
| Rajasthan         |  7909.39  |          7746.63  | 1747.72           |              29 |
| Sikkim            |    69.68  |            69.68  | 36.57             |              30 |
| Tamil Nadu        | 17843.5   |         17400.7   | 9213.436          |              31 |

| Sl. No.   | State    |   Generated (TPD) |   Collected (TPD) | Treated (TPD)   |
|-----------|----------|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 32        | 11714    |          11714    |           9440    | Telangana       |
| 33        | 350.2    |            350.2  |            350.2  | Tripura         |
| 34        | 20114    |          20114    |          12675    | Uttar Pradesh   |
| 35        | 1773.4   |           1723.78 |           1006.34 | Uttarakhand     |
| 36        | 14072.04 |          13116.8  |           3300    | West Bengal     |
|           | Total    |         185195    |         179479    | 114110          |