Committee of Subordinate Legislation tables 15th report on e-waste management in LS
Q. The 15th report on the rules of e-waste management was released on 11th August 2016. Who headed the committee submitting the report?- Published on 12 Aug 16a. R. Gandhi
b. V. Gandhi
c. D. Gandhi
d. None of the above
ANSWER: D. Gandhi
Parliamentary panel has asked the government to evolve mechanisms for e-waste management rules to be implemented
- Referring to the CPCB estimate that India generated 16.4 lakh MT of e-waste in 2014, the committee noted that merely notifying rules is not enough without strong and effective implementation
- Committee of Subordinate Legislation chaired by Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi tabled its 15th report on e-waste management in the LS
- Committee expressed serious concern over handling of environmentally sensitive issue of e-waste management
- As per the provisions of the E-waste (management and handling) Rules 2016 the environment ministry amended the rules by notifying e-waste management rules 2016 in March.
- Committee has notified that there has been an exponential increase in the generation of e-waste across the world including India
- According to CPCB estimates, 1,46,800 MT of e-waste was generated in India in 2005; it rose to 8,00,000 MT in 2012 and 16.4 lakh MT by 2014
