2016 Current Affairs, GK & News
Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016
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 ..
Topics: 2016 • Plastic Waste Management Rules
CPCB issues guidelines to handle COVID-19 treatment wastes
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: 2016 • Biomedical Waste • Biomedical Waste Management Rules • Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) • Health care • isolation wards • Quarantine • Waste management
Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 passed by Lok Sabha
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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2018
Category: Legal & Constitution Current Affairs
Topics: 2016 • CLAT • Lok Sabha • Surrogacy • Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill