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Central government on 8th March, 2024 has issued the E-Waste (Management) Amendment Rules, 2024.

Status note by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in Original Application No 620 of 2022 (Kaushal Kishore Vishwakarma Vs State of Punjab & Others) dated 21/02/2024.

The NGT, Principal Bench vide order, January 8, 2024 (Original Application No 620/2022) directed the CPCB to obtain the requisite information from Hindustan Urvarak and Rasayan Ltd. Jharkhand regarding generation and disposal of carbon slurry and also to verify the factual position regarding storage and disposal of carbon slurry in its plant by any similar industries in their jurisdiction.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Society for Protection of Environment  and Biodiversity (SPENBIO) Vs Union of India dated 02/02/2024.

Order of the National Green Tribunal  (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jan Jagrukta Sewa Sansthan Rajasthan Through its President Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 19/01/2024.

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Ajay Pratap Singh Patel Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 15/01/2024.

Issue raised in the application is violation of the Environmental (Protection) Rules, 1986, Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 2016 as amended by (2nd Amendment Rules, 2019), Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 in the district Narsingpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of H. C. Arora Vs State of Punjab & Others dated 02/01/2024.

In original application 169/2021, issue raised was in respect of inaction of the state authorities to take remedial action against contamination of ground water in village Aloarakh, block Bhiwanigarh, district Sangrur.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ajay Shrivastava Vs State of Haryana dated 18/12/2023.

The original application is registered on the basis of a letter petition raising the issue of disposal of fly ash lying at the site of Aravali Range in violation of Aravali Notification dated May 7, 1992, by MoEF&CC restricting certain activities in specified areas of Aravalli Range, even after closure of power house, Bata Chowk, Faridabad.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change has issued a significant notification on October 25, 2023, introducing the Battery Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. These rules, amended from the 2022 version, bring new obligations and responsibilities for battery producers, recyclers, and refurbishers.

CPCB issued the Framework for the generation of EPR Certificate under E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022. It states that in the initial two years, the Key Metals for generating EPR certificates will be limited to the precious metal Gold (Au), Non-Ferrous Metals [Al and Cu], and Iron [including steel and galvanized iron].

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFC) on September 18, 2023, notified the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Second Amendment Rules, 2023 further to amend the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

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