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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
Scientific processing of Municipal Solid Waste has increased from 18% in 2014 to 70% with Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban
Posted On:
06 DEC 2021 4:05PM by PIB Delhi
With efforts of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), all cities have started practising scientific disposal of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). As a result, 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 is at Annexure. 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.
Annexure
State/UT - wise details of treated and untreated waste in urban areas of the country [in Metric tonnes per day (MT/D)]
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S. No.
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States/UTs
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Total Waste generation
(in MT/D)
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Treated Waste
(in MT/D)
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Untreated Waste
(in MT/D)
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1
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A&N Islands
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55
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47
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8
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2
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Andhra Pradesh
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6,063
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4,123
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1,940
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3
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Arunachal Pradesh
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201
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50
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151
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4
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Assam
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1,054
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664
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390
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5
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Bihar
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4,734
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852
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3,882
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6
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Chandigarh
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541
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541
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0
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7
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Chhattisgarh
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1,650
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1,650
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0
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8
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu
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54
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47
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7
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9
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Delhi
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10,823
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8,875
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1,948
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10
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Goa
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136
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99
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37
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11
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Gujarat
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9,228
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8,582
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646
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12
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Haryana
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5,316
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3,934
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1,382
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13
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Himachal Pradesh
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326
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326
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0
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14
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Jammu & Kashmir
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949
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361
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588
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15
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Ladakh
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13
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0
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13
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16
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Jharkhand
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1,978
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1,266
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712
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17
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Karnataka
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6,158
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4,064
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2,094
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18
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Kerala
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2,400
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2,208
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192
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19
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Madhya Pradesh
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5,906
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5,788
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118
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20
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Maharashtra
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22,401
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20,609
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1,792
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21
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Manipur
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8
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1
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7
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22
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Meghalaya
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1
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0
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1
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23
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Mizoram
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196
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2
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194
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24
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Nagaland
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119
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0
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119
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25
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Odisha
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1,904
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1,333
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571
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26
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Puducherry
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275
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0
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275
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27
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Punjab
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4,054
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2,392
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1,662
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28
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Rajasthan
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6,741
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1,753
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4,988
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29
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Sikkim
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70
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20
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50
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30
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Tamil Nadu
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12,464
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6,606
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5,858
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31
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Telangana
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10,126
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8,708
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1,418
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32
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Tripura
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326
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176
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150
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33
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Uttar Pradesh
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14,861
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11,592
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3,269
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34
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Uttarakhand
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1,553
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870
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683
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35
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West Bengal
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7,876
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788
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7,088
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Total
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1,40,557
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98,324
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42,233
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This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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