(a) whether his Ministry has consulted or proposes to consult the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy for preparing a comprehensive plan to generate energy from
urban garbage;
(b) if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy thereto; and
(c) the names of States where it is likely to be implemented?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SMT. DEEPA DASMUNSHI)
(a)to (c): The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is the nodal Ministry
for promoting Waste-to-Energy projects (WtE projects). MNRE formulated “Programme on
Energy Recovery from Municipal Solid Waste for Setting-up of 5 Pilot Projects†in the
cities Bengaluru (1 no.), Hyderabad (1 no.), New Delhi (2 nos.) and Pune (1 no.).
A Task Force on WtE projects has been constituted by the Planning Commission in June, 2013
to examine the technological aspects of WtE projects. Model Profile/Scheme for Public
Private Partnership(PPP) projects based on WtE will be prepared by Department of Economic
Affairs, Ministry of Finance and full scale project be taken up by the Ministry of Urban
Development in consultation with MNRE only after the Expert Committee set-up by the Planning
Commission gives its recommendations.