The CAG, in an audit report, has said that plastic waste management rules could not be implemented effectively due to lack of an action plan by the Union Environment Ministry."Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change .
Single use plastic ban: A total of 20,036 inspections including 6448 inspections by CPCB teams were carried out on October 17. Over 4,000 violations were observed and 2,900 challans have been issued to the defaulters.
Amid the Nationwide campaign to eliminate single-use plastic, following a notification released by the central government, the country has seized around 46 tonnes of single-use plastic so far, officials said on Thursday.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take strict measures to prevent the discharge of sewage effluents to water bodies, stressing the stormwater drains, canals and water bodies need to be .
The Centre on Tuesday claimed that the ban on single use plastic (SUP) from July 1 would be implemented strictly across India by setting up state and national level control rooms, along with border points to check inter-state movement etc.