PARLIAMENT QUESTION: Plastic Waste Management

• Plastic Waste Management (PWM) in India is regulated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, operationalised through Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and subsequent amendments.
• India generated ~41.36 lakh TPA of plastic waste in FY 2022-23, making it a flagship pollution-control governance issue.
• Examinable for GS-III (Environment) and GS-II (Government Policies) — overlaps with SDG-12, SDG-14, and the ongoing UN Global Plastics Treaty (INC) negotiations.