Lok Sabha Question No. 237 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-02
Subject: Funding and Monitoring of Solid Waste Management
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 237

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2026

## Funding and Monitoring of Solid Waste Management

## 237.     SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) the details of the role of Central Pollution Control Board in monitoring Municipal Solid Waste related pollution, if any;
- (b) the details of  Incineration-based  Waste  to Energy  Plants  initiative along  with requirements and parameters;
- (c) the details of share of funds provided by the Central Government towards various solid waste management programmes, if any, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the details of any Centrally funded Solid Waste Management programme in the districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong?

## ANSWER

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

(a): As per Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Central Pollution Control Board has been inter alia mandated to co-ordinate with the State Pollution Control Boards and the Pollution Control  Committees  for  implementation  of  these  rules  and  adherence  to  the  prescribed standards  by  local  authorities.  The  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  is  also  mandated  to formulate the standards for ground water, ambient air, noise pollution, leachate in respect of all solid waste processing and disposal facilities and also review environmental standards and norms prescribed for solid waste processing facilities or treatment technologies and update them as and when required. The Central Pollution Control Board has also issued guidelines and Directions under Section 5 of the  Environment (Proection) Act, 1986  for effective implementation of the rules, as required.

(b) : The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, have a separate provision with respect to the criteria for waste to energy process. Schedule II of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, prescribes standards of processing and treatment of solid waste including standards for emission  from  incinerators  /  thermal  technologies  in  solid  waste  treatment  and  disposal facilities. CPCB has also prepared a report entitled 'Selection Criteria for waste Processing technologies'  which  includes  various  available  technologies  for  waste  processing  &  their criteria, criteria for incineration & key considerations for operation of incinerator & waste to Energy initiatives.  As per available information, there are  twenty  one operational Waste to Energy Plants in the country.

(c) & (d): Under SWM component of SBM-U, Central assistance is provided for setting up waste processing facilities to manage dry and wet municipal waste. For management of dry waste, Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) processing facilities, waste to electricity (WtE) plants can be established under SBM-U 2.0. Details of State-wise fund allocation for solid waste management including West Bengal under SBM-U 2.0 is at Annexure. The details of all projects under SBM-U reported by States/UTs are available on the portal of SBM-U maintained by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India (https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progress).

State/ UT wise allocation under SBM-U 2.0

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |   Mission Allocation underSWM component of SBM-U 2.0 |
|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | A&N Islands                        |                                                 5.5  |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                                               458.1  |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                                                33.2  |
| 4        | Assam                              |                                               118.3  |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                                               341.1  |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                                                28.5  |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       |                                               200.1  |
| 8        | Dadra& Nagar Haveli and Daman& Diu |                                                 4.8  |
| 9        | Delhi                              |                                              1152.6  |
| 10       | Goa                                |                                                12.3  |
| 11       | Gujarat                            |                                               701.4  |
| 12       | Haryana                            |                                               226.9  |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                                                36.5  |
| 14       | Jammu& Kashmir                     |                                               131.7  |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          |                                               174.9  |
| 16       | Karnataka                          |                                               709.3  |
| 17       | Kerala                             |                                               205.8  |
| 18       | Ladakh                             |                                                19    |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                                               617.5  |
| 20       | Maharashtra                        |                                              1438.1  |
| 21       | Manipur                            |                                                23.9  |
| 22       | Meghalaya                          |                                                16.8  |
| 23       | Mizoram                            |                                                22.2  |
| 24       | Nagaland                           |                                                38.54 |
| 25       | Odisha                             |                                               209.8  |
| 25       | Puducherry                         |                                                46.18 |
| 27       | Punjab                             |                                               294.2  |
| 28       | Rajasthan                          |                                               541.8  |
| 29       | Sikkim                             |                                                 6.2  |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                         |                                               807.4  |
| 31       | Telangana                          |                                               381.9  |
| 32       | Tripura                            |                                                23    |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                                              1235.9  |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                        |                                                89    |
| 35       | West Bengal                        |                                               577.7  |
|          | Total                              |                                             10930.1  |

(₹ in Crores)