The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, (MoEFCC), on December 11, 2024, notified the Draft Solid Waste Management Rules, 2024.
Objections or suggestions on the proposals contained in the draft notification shall be considered on or after the expiry of sixty days from the date on which copies of this notification are published in the Gazette of India.
The following has been stated-
•hese shall apply to every urban body as well as rural local body, including all entities within their jurisdictions whether being controlled and managed by the government, private sector or in Public Private Partnership (PPP) viz. special notified areas including industrial areas/townships, special economic zones SEZs, food parks, and areas under the control of Indian Railways including railway stations, railway tracks and land parcels adjacent to railway tracks, airports, airbases, Ports and harbours, defence establishments, public and private establishments, State and Central government organizations, places of pilgrims, religious and historical importance, all land owners public or private, individual or body corporate, in possession of land parcels, and to every domestic, institutional, commercial and any other non-residential solid waste generator situated in the areas except hazardous chemicals, bio medical wastes, and radio-active waste, that are covered under separate rules framed under the Environment(Protection) Act,1986.
•They shall come into force from October 01, 2025.
[Notification No. S.O. 5369(E)]
