Aafrin Kidwai 
Picture Credit: Ecoprog
As a result of the efforts under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), all cities have started practising scientific disposal of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Mr Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha on December 6.
As a result of this, till date, scientific processing of MSW has increased from 18% in 2014 to 70% at present. Details of quantity of treated and untreated waste in urban areas of the country was also provided (see Table below).
Under SBM-U, Govt. of India provides Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for creating infrastructure for management of solid waste addressing inter-alia, processing of municipal solid waste, management of construction & demolition waste and bio-remediation of all legacy dumpsites. Till date, ₹ 6,375.17 crores has been disbursed to States/UTs under Solid Waste Management (SWM) component of SBM-U for creation of infrastructure like Waste to Compost (WtC) plants, Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), Waste to Energy (WtE) plants, Sanitary Landfills etc. Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0 launched recently on 1st October, 2021 has major focus on making the cities garbage free during the mission period, according to the Minister.
Data provided by MoHUA: State/UT – wise details of treated and untreated waste in urban areas of the country [in Metric tonnes per day (MT/D)]
| S. No. | States/UTs | Total Waste generation(in MT/D) | Treated Waste(in MT/D) | Untreated Waste(in MT/D) |
| 1 | A&N Islands | 55 | 47 | 8 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 6,063 | 4,123 | 1,940 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 201 | 50 | 151 |
| 4 | Assam | 1,054 | 664 | 390 |
| 5 | Bihar | 4,734 | 852 | 3,882 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 541 | 541 | 0 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 1,650 | 1,650 | 0 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 54 | 47 | 7 |
| 9 | Delhi | 10,823 | 8,875 | 1,948 |
| 10 | Goa | 136 | 99 | 37 |
| 11 | Gujarat | 9,228 | 8,582 | 646 |
| 12 | Haryana | 5,316 | 3,934 | 1,382 |
| 13 | Himachal Pradesh | 326 | 326 | 0 |
| 14 | Jammu & Kashmir | 949 | 361 | 588 |
| 15 | Ladakh | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 1,978 | 1,266 | 712 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 6,158 | 4,064 | 2,094 |
| 18 | Kerala | 2,400 | 2,208 | 192 |
| 19 | Madhya Pradesh | 5,906 | 5,788 | 118 |
| 20 | Maharashtra | 22,401 | 20,609 | 1,792 |
| 21 | Manipur | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | Meghalaya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Mizoram | 196 | 2 | 194 |
| 24 | Nagaland | 119 | 0 | 119 |
| 25 | Odisha | 1,904 | 1,333 | 571 |
| 26 | Puducherry | 275 | 0 | 275 |
| 27 | Punjab | 4,054 | 2,392 | 1,662 |
| 28 | Rajasthan | 6,741 | 1,753 | 4,988 |
| 29 | Sikkim | 70 | 20 | 50 |
| 30 | Tamil Nadu | 12,464 | 6,606 | 5,858 |
| 31 | Telangana | 10,126 | 8,708 | 1,418 |
| 32 | Tripura | 326 | 176 | 150 |
| 33 | Uttar Pradesh | 14,861 | 11,592 | 3,269 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 1,553 | 870 | 683 |
| 35 | West Bengal | 7,876 | 788 | 7,088 |
| Total | 1,40,557 | 98,324 | 42,233 |
