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The Indian Ministry of Power (MoP) has announced a co-firing mandate. Coal-based thermal power generation utilities are obligated to incorporate 5% of biomass pellets from agricultural waste into their power generation annually. Compliance should be…
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According to the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, 18.48 GWel of RES capacity was installed during FY 2023-24. This is an increase of 21% compared to the previous year. 9.43 GW of the newly…
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The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has announced that India intends to partner with Germany in order to promote biofuel technologies. The plan includes to explore German experience in processing feedstocks such as rice straw and…
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An update has been shared on the progress of Indian biogas plants that were developed under the National Bioenergy Programme (NBP). To date, six bio-CNG plants and another 11,143 small AD plants have been commissioned…
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To ensure that electronic waste is managed in an organized way, the Karnataka state government is working on a strict separate policy. The new policy is supposed to be implemented as soon as possible, as…
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The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has published a strategic plan including the construction of 15,205 small-scale biogas plants. This target is defined within phase II of the National Bioenergy Program. The…
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Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar has directed Delhi’s urban local bodies to shut down all dhalaos in the city and replace them with material recovery facilities (MRFs) by December 2024 to ensure proper waste segregation. The…
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In its Budget announcement, the Delhi government has committed to leveling the city’s three garbage mountains within two years and will loan the civic body ₹850 crore to speed up the process, according to state…
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Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Mr Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha has shared details of plastic waste generated in the country during the…
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“Enhanced focus will be provided for scientific management of dry and wet waste,” said Finance Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman, while announcing a 150-per cent hike in the outlay of the Swacch Bharat Mission, with an…
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament, has announced that 500 new ‘waste to wealth’ plants under the GOBARDHAN scheme will be established. Of these plants, 200 will be compressed biogas (CBG) plants,…
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From February 1 to March 31, all urban local bodies in Uttar Pradesh have been asked to work on the 3Ps strategy – pray, persuade, penalize – to enforce doorstep segregation of dry and wet…
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The Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) issued short-term tenders for waste collection and transportation from the city’s 243 wards, which have 42 lakh households and commercial buildings. BSWML floated the tender for the second…
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The Greater Chennai Corporation intends to boost its current bio-CNG processing capacity of 200 tpd to 1,700 tpd. Speaking at the Tamil Nadu Climate Summit 2022 on achieving the state’s goal of emission reduction through…
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The National Green Tribunal has fined Nagaland ₹200 crores in environmental compensation for allegedly failing to manage solid and liquid waste. “We levy a compensation of ₹200 crores on the State on the polluter pays…
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The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India has notified the National Bioenergy Programme on November 2, 2022. MNRE has continued the National Bioenergy Programme for the period from FY 2021-22 to 2025-26. The Programme has been recommended…
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The Government of India has suggested that the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) introduce a penalty system for thermal power plants not complying with the current biomass co-firing guidelines. In a recent review meeting…
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The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has announced to have received investment commitments for biogas plants worth a total of INR 14 billion (EUR 172.41 million) during the event Renewable Energy India Expo 2022. About 60…
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As part of its Azadi@75 Swacch Survekshan Toolkit, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has reiterated a few interventions which the ULBs can implement to promote waste segregation at the source. These include:…
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The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a bio-energy policy in an effort to draw large investments and boost the state’s agricultural income. The goal of the policy is to encourage and support the state’s production…
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On June 5, World Environment Day, 4,000 towns will receive new bins for segregated waste, according to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is renewing his push for Swachh Bharat. For liquid and dry waste, there…
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The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to pay a Rs 120 crore fine for environmental violations in Gorakhpur district, including improper solid waste management and sewage discharge into rivers. The…
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India’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has published the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022 to ensure environmentally sound management of waste batteries. The new rules will replace the Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules,…
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The Indian Parliament Lok Sabha has passed a bill called Energy Conservation (Amendment) Bill to promote the development of renewable energy and fuels, including biomass. Amongst others, it introduces penalties for industrial companies failing to…
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The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has asked the state government to create a “vision plan” for the elimination of solid waste in Jammu and Kashmir and information on the resources employed for waste…
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In a bid to emphasize on its LiFE (Lifestyle for the Environment) movement through sustainable consumption, the Department of Consumer Affairs has taken a significant step for developing an overall framework for the Right to…
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The National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) southern bench has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to take action against erring Kattankolathur panchayat officials for violating the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, including imposing environmental…
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Amul has written to the government asking it to postpone a proposed ban on small plastic straws, claiming that the decision will have a “negative impact” on farmers and milk consumption in India. Amul made…
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The Kerala government has begun supporting local bodies in finding scientific waste management solutions in an effort to rid the state’s metropolitan areas of solid garbage. Grants, scientific waste data collection, technical support, and project…
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MoHUA has launched the eighth edition of Swachh Survekshan (SS) – SS 2023 under Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0. Designed with the theme of ‘Waste to Wealth’ as its driving philosophy, SS 2023 is curated…
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The Tamil Nadu government plans to establish a separate solid waste management corporation, similar to the agency in Goa. Mr Siva V Meyyanathan, the state minister for climate change and environment said that this agency…
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India and Brazil have agreed to develop an Indian-Brazilian Alliance for Bioenergy and Biofuels to enhance the partnership between the two countries. The partnership highlights the importance of bilateral cooperation in the energy sector and…
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The Centre has approved Rs 403.77 crores for legacy waste clearance in Gujarat. To retrieve prime land in Gujarat from hazardous landfills, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has approved the central share…
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The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has ordered 194 bulk waste generators (BWGs) in the city, including hotels, restaurants, banquet halls, and other commercial establishments, to construct waste processing facilities in their units in order…
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The Bhubaneshwar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has proposed a budget of Rs 600 crore, with Rs 110 crore budgeted for waste management, which is more than a two-field increase in five years. The BMC has set…
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The Union Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Mr Bhupender Yadav has launched ‘Prakriti’, a mascot to spread public awareness on sustainable living and highlight various green initiatives taken by the Ministry of Environment,…
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Karnataka’s Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Mr K S Eshwarappa has said that the government planned to build 50 solid waste management facilities this year to dispose of and process dry trash collected…
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The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has approved a proposal worth Rs 178.6 crore for legacy waste remediation in Telangana and Rs 433.72 crores for Maharashtra. The total project approval for Telangana is worth Rs 178.6…
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The Nabadiganta Industrial Township Authority (NDITA), which is the key agency responsible for the Sector V township, has announced several initiatives for improving waste management in Salt Lake City. This includes mapping of wet and…
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Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has said road construction costs must be reduced without compromising on quality. Addressing the 17th Annual Conference on ‘Road Development in India’ organised by Indian Infrastructure, he…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has released the new Mumbai Climate Action Plan (MCAP) towards the goal of building a climate-resilient city. MCAP is a policy document to adopt an evidence-based planning approach and mobilize resources to…
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The Centre has approved the action plans of three states – Rajasthan, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh – as well as Chandigarh for the remediation of legacy municipal trash at dump yards in 171 municipal areas…
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India’s Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has notified the Guidelines on Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) on plastic packaging under Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016. The Guidelines provide a framework to strengthen…
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Tambaram Corporation has been ordered by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pay a compensation of Rs. 21 lakh for breaching the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ruling on proper solid waste disposal in…
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced an increase of 250 percent in its expenditure on solid waste management, as part of its ambitious ‘SWM vision 2030’ campaign. The campaign aims to create a favourable…
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S22 timelines were recently extended by the Central government due to the pandemic situation. As per guidelines, documentation under SS22 was to be earlier done by January 15, but the deadline has now been extended…
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In order to facilitate ease of doing business and reducing regulatory compliance burden for waste businesses, the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) has launched an online facility for companies to share their annual return of…
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The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued draft guidelines for the use of recycled plastics as food packaging. The Draft Food Safety and Standards (Packaging) Amendment Regulations 2022 pertain to the…
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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEF&CC) has issued draft regulations on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for waste tyres. Released on December 31, 2021, the EPR Rules require registration of producers and recyclers…
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The Niti Aayog has released policy guidelines to help promote behaviour change among stakeholders towards waste segregation at source (WSS). Titled Promoting Behavior Change for Supporting Waste Segregation at Source, these guidelines are intended for…
