The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the E-Waste (Management) Second Amendment, 2023, which states the following: Amendment to Rule 5: In the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 5, after clause (3), insert the following clause: “You must adopt approved destruction technologies to manage…
Central Pollution Control Board has released a notification regarding the release of imported consignments of procedure of 106 EEEs items. In past notification authority has requested for releases of imported consignments of Producers as defined in the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 after taking an undertaking and also on the submission of acknowledgment from the CPCB’s…
Introduction The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has issued a notification regarding genset regulations. This notification, which applies to all fuels, revises the power category slabs from three to five. According to the general conditions of the notification, genset engines and gensets adhering to the old standards can only be supplied until June…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released the Environment (Protection) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2023. These new rules introduce an important addition to Schedule I of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, specifically targeting the condition governing the supply of Generators (Genset) and Genset engines. In the revised schedule, under serial number 88, item…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Third Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) and SO2 for Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC) units. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l, after serial number 116 in which these standards are…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has released Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules 2023. These new rules are for the revision of emission standards of particulate matter (PM) for industrial boilers. In the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in Schedule-l,- (a) for serial number 70 in which these standards are mentioned is substituted by the…
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been released new draft rule called as Agro Residue Utilization by Thermal Power Plants Rules, 2023. All thermal power plants located in the area under the jurisdiction of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas, established under “The Commission for…
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has been amended the new E-Waste (Management) Rule, 2022. E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022 is released to bring clarity about E-Waste. The definition of consumer is deleted and Entity which has used at least one thousand units of electrical and electronic equipment listed in Schedule I, at any…