Invitation to a collaborative commenting exercise on draft Waste Management rules released by GoI for public feedback

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Nikhil VJ

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Hi,

Would you be interested in participating in a collaborative commenting exercise regarding Waste Management issue in India? The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released the draft waste management rules for public feedback. http://envfor.nic.in/division/reportguidelines

I've loaded the 5 documents in question on google drive, made them publicly comment-able, so you can highlight any portion of the text, right-click and give your comment on it. You can see others' comments and reply there, have a discussion etc. Click below to open one that interests you.

1. Draft Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2015

2. Draft Solid Waste Management Rules 2015

3.Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015

4.Draft Fly Ash notification, 2015

5.Draft  e-waste (Management) Rules, 2015

Note: these are on a Google Drive folder (press big blue button on top right to be able to open the docs for commenting in). You'll probably need to be on a laptop and with a decent internet connection to be able to work with them.

I'm not sure what the right channel is to send the comments to MoEFCC (they've said this is released for public feedback but on the website, not given any explicit channel apart from postal address to send the feedback at), but at least there can be something collaborative and precise created and once a sizeable input is aggregated it can be shared as a collective feedback. I got news about this from a Janaagraha newsletter

Can you please forward this to people in India who are working in waste management field?


PS #1: If spam, I'll restrict, and people who want to participate will have to send be their gmail id's. If no spam, the docs remain open to commenting for all. So the responsibility is on us all. Let's keep it real, folks, and go vent somewhere else if you're having a bad day.

PS #2: Technology part : I used popular free online tools to liberate the PDFs to word; in one case there was a scanned doc so I used an OCR tool. Could only do for English.. the Hindi language pages (some of the docs are bilingual) I had to drop as they couldn't be converted. Pls see http://envfor.nic.in/division/reportguidelines for the original docs.

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Nikhil
+91-966-583-1250
Pune, India
Self-designed learner at Swaraj University <http://www.swarajuniversity.org>
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On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Nikhil VJ <nikh...@gmail.com> wrote:
Got this from Janaagraha
Draft waste management rules released for public feedback
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released the draft waste management rules for public feedback. The new rules are expected to help in effective implementation of waste management policies. It clearly defines terms that were previously left ambiguous such as defining sanitary waste, demolition and construction waste, its handling methods etc. It also proposes for individuals and commercial establishments to pay municipal authorities for the collection and disposal of waste they generate iv.
On the site:

Draft Waste Management Rules 2015 for comments

1. Draft Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2015

2. Draft Solid Waste Management Rules 2015

3.Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015

4.Draft Fly Ash notification, 2015

5.Draft  e-waste (Management) Rules, 2015

No idea where exactly to send in the comments, though. The contact page for that section only had a postal address listed, no number or email address. (Joint Secretary, Hazardous Substances Management (HSM) Division). The whole website had a contact-us page, again no contact form or email, but a phone number was listed: Information and Facilitation Counter: +91-11-24362064


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Nikhil
+91-966-583-1250
Pune, India
Self-designed learner at Swaraj University <http://www.swarajuniversity.org>
http://nikhilsheth.blogspot.in




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From: Srikanth Viswanathan <as...@janaagraha.org>
Date: Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:12 PM
Subject: Tender SURE roads inaugurated in Bangalore
To: "nikh...@gmail.com" <nikh...@gmail.com>



 

July 2015   

Dear Mr. Nikhil,

In this edition, we present an update on the inauguration of two Tender S.U.R.E roads in Bangalore. Also featured are key highlights of the Smart Cities and AMRUT missions launched by the Government of India recently.

We would love to hear from you. Please do write to us with your suggestions and feedback.

Regards,

Srikanth Viswanathan
Coordinator - Advocacy and Reforms

Tender S.U.R.E roads inaugurated in Bangalore
On the 20th of June, the Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated the St. Mark’s Road and Vittal Mallya Hospital Road in central Bangalore after their up-gradation as per Tender SURE standards.

Tender SURE will make roads durable and ease pedestrian and traffic movements. Much of unnecessary road cuttings by various utility agencies will also be avoided. Both roads are up to five meters wide and are now equipped with parking and bus bays, LED street lights and cycle lanes. Twelve roads are now being developed under this project, post the two pilots. You can access the video coverage of the event here.



Centre unveils operational guidelines for Smart Cities challenge competition
The Smart Cities Mission was launched on the 25th of June, with an aim to create 100 smart cities in the next five years. An outlay of Rs 48,000 crores in Central grants has been earmarked for the project. According to the Mission’s operational guidelines, eligible cities will be chosen through a two-stage City Challenge competition. In Stage-1, each state and union territory will score their cities based on a set of criteria and nominate the top scorers (a total of 100 nominees) for Stage-2. These criteria awards points to cities based on their self-financing ability, their track record with implementing JNNURM projects and reforms, service delivery, internal resource generation and existing service levels. In Stage-2, these potential smart cities are required to submit a smart city plan which will undergo rigorous scrutiny. The cities will be evaluated on their current status and plan proposal i.

AMRUT urban mission launched
AMRUT aims to cover 500 cities and towns, with a population of one lakh and above.

AMRUT is a 10-year mission with a total investment of about Rs 2 lakh crore. Under the scheme, states have the flexibility in designing schemes based on the needs of identified cities as well as in their execution and monitoring. States will only submit State Annual Action Plans to the Centre for broad concurrence based on which funds will be released. States are, thereafter, required to transfer funds to ULBs within 7 days of receipt of funds from Centre.


Central assistance will cover 50 percent of project cost for cities and towns with a population of up to 10 lakh and one-third of the project cost for those with a population of above 10 lakh. Central assistance will be released in three instalments in the ratio of 20:40:40 based on achievement of milestones indicated in State Annual Action Plans. The mission provides for incentivizing reforms by earmarking 10 percent of annual allocation to be allocated to good performers at the end of each year ii.

Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana targets ‘Housing for All by 2022’
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) targets construction of two crore houses by 2022 for the urban poor, especially for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Lower Income Group (LIG). The scheme will provide a credit linked subsidy of 1 lakh to 2.3 lakh instead of actual fund transfers. States/UTs are required to mobilize the balance. PMAY will cost around Rs 3 lakh crore over the next seven years. The Central subsidy has also increased from Rs 75,000 earlier to Rs 1 lakh to 2.30 lakh per house, depending on the specific scheme iii.

Draft waste management rules released for public feedback
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released the draft waste management rules for public feedback. The new rules are expected to help in effective implementation of waste management policies. It clearly defines terms that were previously left ambiguous such as defining sanitary waste, demolition and construction waste, its handling methods etc. It also proposes for individuals and commercial establishments to pay municipal authorities for the collection and disposal of waste they generate iv.

Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Ward Committee) Rules, 2013
Urban Development Department (UDD) of Karnataka notified the Draft Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Ward Committee) Rules, 2013 on 26th of May. The rules govern the functioning of the ward committees, such as holding special meetings in case of emergency and preparation of agenda for the regular meetings. The rules mandate that Ward Committee meet every month and be empowered to recommend to the corporation, any disciplinary action on officers who fail to carry out it's resolutions v.

References





Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy
4th Floor, UNI Building, Thimmiah Road,
Vasanth Nagar, Bangalore - 560052
 www.janaagraha.org


Nikhil VJ

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Edit: Ranjit just alerted me to the contact details and deadline given . I'm re-drafting the same email as earlier, but with these details incorporated so you can forward it whole to your friends. Pls treat this as the main email and you can discard the earlier one.


Hi,

Would you be interested in participating in a collaborative commenting exercise regarding Waste Management issue in India? The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released the draft waste management rules for public feedback. http://envfor.nic.in/division/reportguidelines . (5 documents) They have invited comments from the public,to be sent to wastem...@gov.on .

I've loaded the 5 documents in question on google drive, made them publicly comment-able, so you can highlight any portion of the text, right-click and give your comment on it. You can see others' comments and reply there, have a discussion etc. Click below to open one that interests you.

1. Draft Bio-Medical Waste (Management & Handling) Rules, 2015 published: 03-06-2015; deadline: 28 July 2015

2. Draft Solid Waste Management Rules 2015 published: 03-06-2015; deadline: 28 July 2015

3.Draft Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2015  published: 25-05-2015; deadline: 19 July 2015

4.Draft Fly Ash notification, 2015  published: 25-05-2015; deadline: 19 July 2015

5.Draft e-waste (Management) Rules, 2015  published: 10-06-2015; deadline: 4 August 2015


Deadline is 60 days from date of publication of each doc. I've put the publish dates next to each doc below, and in red a 55-day deadline date (giving some room to properly write out anything important). After which I'll send the file with your comments to the ministry. Note: Two of the deadlines are next Sunday.

Note: these are on a Google Drive folder. You'll probably need to be on a laptop and with a decent internet connection to be able to work with them.

I got news about this from a Janaagraha newsletter, forwarded in mail chain below.

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