{"id":119224,"date":"2021-07-28T13:01:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=119224"},"modified":"2021-07-28T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:01:12","slug":"31-6-rise-in-e-waste-generation-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/31-6-rise-in-e-waste-generation-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"31.6% rise in e-waste generation last year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Q. Which of the following statement is not true regarding e-waste generation in India?<\/strong><br>a) In India e-waste generation last year dropped significantly due Pandemic.<br>b) Data regarding e-waste is only available in the country from 2017-18 onwards.<br>c) The e-Waste (Management) Rules were notified in 2016.<br>d) None of these.<br><strong>ANSWER:- a)<br>RELATED FACTS:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India generated 10,14,961.2 tonnes of e-waste last year, a massive 31.6 per cent increase from the previous year, Minister of State for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey informed the Rajya Sabha on 26TH July, 2021.<\/li><li>The minister informed Parliament that data regarding e-waste is only available in the country from 2017-18 onwards, that too only National data.<\/li><li>In 2017-18, India generated 7,08,445 tonnes of e-waste and 7,71,215 tonnes in 2018-19 \u2013 an increase of 8.86 per cent.<\/li><li>The e-Waste (Management) Rules were notified in 2016 which got amended from time to time. So far, the Environment Ministry has notified 21 types of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) as e-waste.<\/li><li>According to the rules, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) issues EPR authorisation to the producers of EEE along with e-waste collection targets on annual basis.<\/li><li>As per the information provided by CPCB, a total no of 1,766 producers have been registered for EPR Authorisation and also 57 Producers Responsibility Organizations (PROs) have obtained registration.<\/li><li>Presently, 400 dismantlers\/recyclers of e-waste are operating in 20 States.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BY &#8211; ABHISHEK KUMAR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>LINK<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/31-6-rise-in-e-waste-generation-last-year-ashwini-choubey-to-rajya-sabha-7424095\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/31-6-rise-in-e-waste-generation-last-year-ashwini-choubey-to-rajya-sabha-7424095\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Which of the following statement is not true regarding e-waste generation in India?a) In India e-waste generation last year dropped significantly due Pandemic.b) Data regarding e-waste is only available in the country from 2017-18 onwards.c) The e-Waste (Management) Rules were notified in 2016.d) None of these.ANSWER:- a)RELATED FACTS:- India generated 10,14,961.2 tonnes of e-waste [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":119225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1137],"tags":[2541],"class_list":["post-119224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mis","tag-miscellaneous-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119226,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119224\/revisions\/119226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}