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SC flags uneven compliance with Solid Waste Management Rules, issues pan-India directionsThe Supreme Court has mandated strict adherence to Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, effective April 1. Uneven compliance across India ne...- Bengaluru to face property tax hike with new user fee on waste collection starting April 1Starting April 1, Bengaluru residents may face increased property taxes due to a newly approved user fee for waste management. The fee, whi...
- Right refuge for refuseIn this paper, we focus on a specific group of informal SWM actors, the informal collectors. Their position is different from that of, say,...
- Municipal finance in focus: How India can empower its urban local bodiesThe low and deteriorating level of delivery of urban services needs to be addressed urgently. Cities contribute about 63% of India's net do...
- Bengaluru: Bill to bring sweeping changes in BBMP structure to be tabled todayThe separate law for Bengaluru’s civic administration moots a 30-month term for the mayor, deputy mayor and standing committees – a big rel...
- Mangaluru: Barcode for homes to make door-to-door waste collection efficientThe Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) will soon introduce a new barcode system for efficient implementation of solid waste management (SW...
- BBMP doesn’t want segregation to go to wasteNew solid waste plan targets 90% segregation by Sept and 100% by December.
- Expert panel bats for dedicated body for garbage management"Waste management can be efficient if SWM wing is independent of corporators and MLAs"
- Composting wet waste: Govt staff to show howAt the meeting on Tuesday, Adi pitched for waste segregation at source and composting wet waste in households.
- Bengaluru: Transportation tender for wet waste raises a stinkThose who have followed BBMP’s SWM policy said the disproportionate allocation has crept in despite efforts to rationalise waste management...
- Experts hail BBMP proposal to waive cess on bulk wasteThe BBMP collects about Rs 55 crore a year from SWM cess, calculated on the basis of the area of a property, i.e on the amount of property ...
- Despite HC rap, Palike has no dedicated team to manage solid wasteRight from the special commissioner (SWM) down to the 27 assistant executive engineers (AEE), all of them look after solid waste management.
- Kinetic Motoroyale eyes PE infusion, aims to be serious superbike market playerLaunching seven bikes under five brands, the biggest rollout by any automotive group, Ajinkya Firodia, MD of Motoroyale told ET the idea al...
- Not segregating waste? BBMP mulls hefty fineWhile the DMA is also working on a state policy on waste management based on the SWM Rules, 2016, (the national policy), it has also simult...
- Bengaluru civic body toys with cooperative idea for its link workersAs many as 360 link workers have not been paid salaries under the existing contract system.
- Cess waiver on cards for apartments that process wet wasteWhile waiving cess for bulk generators who are in a position to handle their own wet waste, authorities may look at a “scientific“ hike for...
- Government commissions QCI for Swachh Bharat Mission report cardThe Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned Quality Council of India (QCI) to do an extensive survey on the progress of Swachh Bhara...
- Six waste-to-energy plants to be set up under Swachh Bharat MissionBesides CERC is also working to determine the tariff for the power generated from waste-to-energy plants to boost their financial viability.
- Rigorous norms and standards needed for sound handling of urban solid wasteThe neglect of solid waste management (SWM) is growing into a huge stink, which gravely compromises public health and the environment.
- PPP model for developing urban infrastructure: GovtGovernment will encourage public private partnership (PPP) model for developing infrastructure.
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