MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)
(a) to (d) No study to assess the impact of PM1.0 in ambient air on human health has been undertaken by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) or the Ministry. The levels of PM1.0 in ambient air are not monitored by CPCB.
(e) The Government has taken various measures to control air pollution in the country which inter alia include, Clean India Mission, supply of cleaner fuels as per auto fuel policy, use of gaseous fuel for public transport, stringent source specific emission standards, strict compliance of source specific emission standards, revised criteria on use of beneficiated coal in thermal power plants, implementation of revised emission norms for gensets, implementation of city specific action plan, etc. These action points help in preventing and controlling levels of particulate matter including PM1.0 in ambient air.

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a)	The status of biomedical waste generation in the Country, State-wise for the year 2011, 2012 and 2013 is given at Annexure-I. The biomedical waste generation in National Capital Region for the year 2013 is reported to be 25.1 tons per day.
(b)	The Government has notified the Bio-medical Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1998 which make it mandatory for every occupier of the institution generating bio-medical waste to take steps to ensure that such waste is handled without any adverse effect to human health and the environment. They are obliged to follow the methods and standards prescribed under these Rules for segregation, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of the waste.
(c)	As per the annual report for the year 2013, 4430 show cause notices/directions have been issued to defaulting health care intuitions and common bio-medical waste treatment facilities. The state-wise details are given at Annexure-II.
(d)	This Ministry provides financial assistance to the States for setting up of common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facilities on Public Private Partnership (PPP). In addition, financial assistance is provided for creating awareness and capacity building programmes on bio-medical waste management. The Central Pollution Control Board has provided guidelines on certain aspects of bio-medical waste management.

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in reply to Parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No 37 for answer on 19th July, 2016 regarding “E-Waste” raised by SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:
(a)	Yes Sir. The country’s economic growth with rise in per capita income and technological innovations coupled with high obsolescence rate of electronic and electrical equipments are leading to increase in the rate of generation of e-waste.
Central Pollution Control Board in 2005 estimated 1.4 lakh ton of	e-waste in the
country, and simultaneously had projected 8.0 lakh ton of	e-waste generation in
the year 2010. As per the United Nations University report, “The Global E-Waste Monitor 2014”, 17 lakh ton of e-waste generation was reported in the country in 2014.
(b)&(c) No comprehensive state-wise inventorization of e-waste generation in the country has been done. To ensure better implementation of management of electronic waste in the country, Ministry has comprehensively revised e-waste (Management & handling) Rules, 2011 and notified e-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 in March, 2016. The provisions of this Rule include expanding producer’s responsibility under extended producer responsibility, setting up of producer responsibility organizations and e-waste exchange to facilitate collection and recycling, assigning specific responsibility to bulk consumers of electronic products for safe disposal, providing for economic incentives for collection of electronic waste, and other measures to include dedicated responsibility of electronic and electrical product producers for collection and channelizing of electronic waste. Simplification in permission process for dismantling and recycling facilities through single authorization based on Standard Operating Procedures (SoP) prescribed by Central Pollution Control Board. State Governments have been entrusted with the responsibility for earmarking industrial space for e-waste dismantling and recycling facilities and to undertake industrial skill development; and put in place measures for safety and health of workers engaged in dismantling and recycling facilities.
(d)	The total capacity of 151 dismantling /recycling units located in 13 states is 446855 metric ton per annum. State wise details of installed recycling/dismantling facilities operating in the country are as given below:

S. No.	State	Number	of	Registered
		registered		Capacity
		Dismantler	and	( ton per annum)
		Recycler		
1.	Chhattisgarh	2		1650
2.	Gujarat	7		20849.12
3.	Haryana	15		49981
4.	Karnataka	52		50318.5
5.	Madhya Pradesh	2		6585
6.	Maharashtra	24		32610
7.	Odisha	1		3000
8.	Rajasthan	9		67470
				
S. No.	State	Number	of	Registered
		registered		Capacity
		Dismantler	and	( ton per annum)
		Recycler		
9.	Tamil Nadu	16		111931.08
10.	Telangana	3		Not available
11.	Uttar Pradesh	16		73860
12.	Uttarakhand	3		28000
13.	West Bengal	1		600
	Total	151		446855

(e)	All the recycling/dismantling facilities in the country have been financed by private sector. No expenditure has been incurred by Government for setting up of such facilities.

(a)	The Ministry has not carried out any study for assessing the impact of plastic waste. However, plastic waste and bags if not collected systematically choke drainage system and create unhygienic conditions; animals ingest plastic bags with the discarded food leading to their illness and sometimes death; plastic waste when disposed of on soil reduces recharging of ground water aquifers and when disposed of in landfill sites causes leaching of metals and additives into the soil and ground water.

(b)	Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has comprehensively revised the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, and notified Plastic Waste Management Rule in March, 2016. These rules aims to minimize the plastic waste generation, recycling and utilization of plastic waste in road construction, energy & oil generation and adoption of extended producer responsibility for the sustainability of the waste management system.

(a)	No, Sir.

(b)	Does not arise in view of answer at (a) above.

(c)	& (d)   The Ministry has issued a draft Notification vide S.O. No. 1595 (E) dated
29.04.2016 inviting public comments on the proposal for integration of environmental conditions with the building permission (except for hospitals) being granted by the local authorities. A copy of the aforesaid draft notification is enclosed at Annexure.

(a)	No, Sir.

(b)	Does not arise in view of answer at (a) above.

(c)	& (d)   The Ministry has issued a draft Notification vide S.O. No. 1595 (E) dated
29.04.2016 inviting public comments on the proposal for integration of environmental conditions with the building permission (except for hospitals) being granted by the local authorities. A copy of the aforesaid draft notification is enclosed at Annexure.

(a) No study on impact of plastic waste on environment was carried out by the Ministry during last three years. However, the environmental impact of plastic waste has been examined by various committees in the past which includes a Task Force headed by Shri Dilip Biswas in 1997 constituted to formulate a strategy and action program for management of plastic waste; Justice Ranganath Mishra Committee in 2002 which examined environmental hazards posed by indiscriminate littering and disposal of plastic waste; R. C. Chopra Committee in 2007 which assessed the environmental hazards related to use of plastic bags in the city of Delhi; Expert Committee appointed by the Ministry in 2010 to evolve road map for management of waste in the country including plastic waste; and the study in 2008-09 by the Central Pollution Control Board to assess the impact of plastics waste disposal on soil and water quality at Lucknow dumpsites. Key recommendations of those committees included coordinated approach for plastic waste management by manufacturers, consumers, waste collectors, re-cyclers as well as civic authorities, involvement of manufacturers in implementation of regulatory framework on plastic waste management, increase thickness of plastic carry bags, ban multilayered and metalized pouches, encourage use of biodegradable plastic carry bag etc.

 (b) & (c) The above studies indicated that plastic waste and bags if not collected systematically, choke drainage system and create unhygienic conditions; animals ingest plastic bags with the discarded food leading to their illness and sometimes death; the plastic waste when disposed of on soil reduces recharging of ground water aquifers; and when disposed of in landfill sites causes leaching of metals and additives into the soil and ground water.

The use of plastic carry bags has been completely banned in 14 States / Union Territories namely; Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu& Kashmir, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura and Uttar Pradesh. Further, use of plastic carry bags has been partially banned in some pilgrimage centres, tourist and historical places located in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has comprehensively revised the Plastic Waste Management Rules on 18th March, 2016 in supersession of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011. The salient features of the revised Rules include the expansion of the applicability area to include the entire country; the minimum permissible thickness of plastic carry bags increased from 40 to 50 microns; minimum thickness of 50 micron imposed for plastic sheets; introduction of Extended Producers Responsibility for the brands packaging their products in plastics; use of waste plastic in co-generation of energy and road construction; plastic waste minimization; source segregation & recycling involving waste pickers, recyclers & waste processors etc.

(e)	& (e) The number of individuals / companies / distributors and other entities penalized for violation of the PW(M&H) Rules is annexed. 

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (d) & (e) OF STATEMENT FOR REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2672 FOR 10.05.2016 BY SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB AND SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE REGARDING
IMPACT OF PLASTIC WASTE:
Number of Individuals / Companies / Distributors and other entities penalised for violation of Rules in some of the State / Union Territory

S. No.	State		Details of violation and action taken
1.	Chandigarh		One industry has been penalised for manufacturing plastic
			carry bags against the ban.
2.	Delhi		258 complaints against individuals / companies were lodged.
3.	Gujarat		Show Cause notice issued to 1376 industries.
			Directions under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 were
			issued to 230 industries
4.	Haryana		739 individuals /companies /distributors were penalised
5.	Himachal		500 individuals /companies /distributors were penalised
	Pradesh		
6.	Jammu	&	128 manufacturing units of polythene carry bags in the State
	Kashmir		have been closed down. Prohibited material has been seized
			from  distributors  in  huge  quantities.  Penalties  have  been
			imposed on people indulging in trading of polythene carry
			bags.
7.	Karnataka		2777 individuals /companies /distributors were penalized.
8.	Maharashtra		54  defaulting  manufacturers  penalised  and  recovered  Rs.
			2,50,000/-.
9.	Puducherry		Two industries were closed and one stockist godown was
			sealed. Show Cause notice issued to 05 stockists.
10.	Telangana		23 defaulting units for manufacturing carry bags of less than
			stipulated thickness were penalised.

(a)	The Ministry is implementing National River Conservation Program, sub-schemes of Conservation of Natural Resources and Eco-Systems, National Afforestation Programme & Green India Mission, National Coastal Management Programme, National Mission on Himalayan Studies under Climate Change Program under the Central Sector & Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Government of India.

(b)	to (d) These schemes act as remedial measures for conservation of environment and sustainable development of various ecosystems. Conservation of Natural Resources and Eco-systems through its different sub-schemes for protection of corals, mangroves, biosphere reserves, wetlands and lakes conserve the natural resources and these eco-system of the country. The sub-scheme of National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Ecosystems aims at conservation of all aquatic ecosystems including lakes and wetlands of the country. National Afforestation Program and Green India Mission contribute towards regeneration of degraded forests and its adjoining areas in the country. National River Conservation Program facilitates in improving water quality of polluted stretches of rivers by preventing pollution loads reaching the rivers through various pollution abatement works. National Coastal Management Programme ensures livelihood security to fishing and other local communities to conserve and protect coastal stretches and promotes coastal development based on scientific principles. National Mission on Himalayan Studies aims at focussing on conservation of Himalayan Ecosystem and sustainable development of the Indian Himalayan Region. The Ministry also monitors implementation of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and has been carrying out enabling activities and other obligations of the Convention. The program aims at networking and forging strategic partnerships among relevant Scientific Institutions and stakeholders for enhancing knowledge data base and scientific inputs in reporting and revising desertification and land degradation Atlas of India. Collection, collation and storage of subject specific database on environmental issues for future retrieval and dissemination to all concerned for sustainable quality of life for future generations, is achieved through an Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Program of the Ministry.

The funding under the Central Sector Schemes is 100 percent from the Government of India. Under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes, as per the revised funding pattern from 2015-16 onwards, the Government of India’s share is 50 percent for rest of India and 80 percent for the North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States i.e Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh & Uttrakhand in environment sector. The share of the Government of India is 60 percent for rest of India in the schemes related to forestry and wildlife and 90 percent in respect of North Eastern States and 3 Himalayan States.
Annexure
The details of 6 proposals for setting up of Greenfield and Brownfield projects : -

S. No.			Company		Projects		Owner	State
									ship	
						
1.  .	Kanpur	Fertilizers	&	Greenfield Project at Jabalpur	Private	Madhya
		Cement Limited						Pradesh
							
2.	.	Indo-Gulf   Fertilizers	Brownfield	Expansion	urea	Private	Uttar Pradesh
		Limited –Jagdishpur		project at Jagdishpur.			
					
3.		Chambal Fertilizers &	Brownfield of Ammonia-Urea	Private	Rajasthan
		Chemicals	Limited-	units at Gadepan-Kota.			
		Gadepan							
								
4.	.	Matix	Fertilizers	&	Brownfiled	Ammonia-Urpea	Private	West Bengal
		Chemicals	Limited-II,	Fertilizers	Complex	at		
		Panagarh			Panagarh.				
							
5.		Rashtriya	Chemicals	Brownfield	Ammonia-Urea	CPSU	Maharashtra
		&  Fertilizers  Limited-	Expansion project at Thal.		
		Thal								
								
6.	.	Nagarjuna	Fertilizers	Brownfield	Project	at	Private	Andhra
		& Chemicals Ltd.		Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh.		Pradesh