2016 Current Affairs, GK & News

Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016

May 31, 2021

Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 was notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) for managing the plastic wastes in the country. It seeks to ban single use plastic, make plastic generators responsible for collecting and recycling the wastes, promote reuse of plastic wastes in road construction, energy production etc. The ..

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CPCB issues guidelines to handle COVID-19 treatment wastes

April 21, 2020

On April 20, 2020, the Central Pollution Control Board has issued guidelines to manage waste generated during treatment of COVID-19 patients. The guidelines are to be followed by sample collection centres, isolation wards, quarantine centres and also by all biomedical waste treatment facilities and disposal facilities. These guidelines have been issued to supplement Bio Medical ..

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Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 passed by Lok Sabha

December 20, 2018

Lok Sabha has passed Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 on 19th December 2018 to protect surrogacy in the country. The bill has banned commercial surrogacy and allows only altruistic surrogacy. The bill protects the rights of the surrogate mother and the child born from surrogacy and promotes ethical surrogacy. Surrogacy is defined as an agreement between a ..

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