The following measures are taken by Government:-

• The Steel Scrap Recycling Policy 2019 provides a framework to facilitate and promote establishment of metal scrapping centers in India for scientific processing and recycling of ferrous scrap generated from various sources.
• The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways(MoRTH) has formulated the Vehicle Scrapping Policy that includes a system of incentives/disincentives for creation of an ecosystem to phase out older, unfit polluting vehicles. 
• Under the policy MoRTH has issued rules for Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility (RVSF), which provides the procedures and infrastructure facilities required for de-pollution and dismantling of End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) for further recovery of metal and other materials under environmental regulations.
• MSTC Limited, a CPSE under the Ministry of Steel, under a joint venture with Mahindra Accelo called Mahindra MSTC Recycling Pvt. Limited (MMRPL), has established six Registered Vehicle Scrapping Facilities (RVSFs) in Noida, Chennai, Indore, Ahmedabad, Guwahati, and Bengaluru, all of which are now operational.
• The Government of India has notified the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 to ensure safe handling, storage, recycling, utilisation, treatment and disposal of hazardous and other wastes in an environmentally safe manner.
• Ministry of Mines has brought out ‘National Non-ferrous Metal Scrap Recycling Framework, 2020’ to promote a formal and well-organized recycling ecosystem. The Frame work lays down standard procedures for recycling and processing of scrap and developing a mechanism for facilitating the Metal scrap recycling activities.

This information was given by the Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries, Shri H.D. kumaraswamy in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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