 bill no lv of  2019 the single-use plastic (regulation) bill, 2019 a billto provide for a framework to enable the country to achieve its goal of elimiating single-use plastic by the year 2022 and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the seventieth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the single-use plastic (regulation) act, 2019 (2) it extends to the whole of  indiashort tile, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint52 in this act, unless the context otherwise rquires,—definitions(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "higher education institution" includes institutions imparting education on completion of senior secondary level;5(c) "plastic" means material which contains as an essential ingredient, a high polymer such as polyethylene terephthalate, high density polyethylene, vinyl, low density polyethylene, polypropylene, polystryrene resins or multimaterials like acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyephylene oxide, polycarbonate or polybutylene terephthalate:(d) "plastic packaging" means all products which are—(i) used for the containment, protection handling, delivery and presentation of goods; and10(ii) partly or wholly composed of plastic;(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (f) "recycle" means the reprocessing in a production process of the waste materials of a plastic product for the original purpose or for other purposes;15(g) "reuse" means any operation by which a plastic product, which has been conceived and designed to accomplish within its life cycle a minimum number of trips or rotations, is refilled or used for the same purpose for which it was conceived; and20(h) "single-use plastic" means any disposable plastic item which is designed to be used only once before it is thrown out or recycled and includes plastic spoons, forks and knives, plastic shopping bags, plastic coffee or tea cups and glasses, lids, plastic water bottles, styroforam, plastic take out containers and plastic straws 3 the central government shall, within six months from the commencement of this act,—plastic elimination target and control policy25(a) prescribe a  target of complete elimination of plastic waste in accordance with international obligations;(b) specify the year 2022 target year to implement a complete ban on single-use plastic and the proportion of reduction of single-use plastic during each year following the date of fixing of target year 2022; and30(c) formulate and implement a national plastic control policy for carrying out the purposes of this act 4 the appropriate government shall take necessary measures to promote sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic including,—promote sustainable alternatives to plastic(a) research by higher education institutions and others into sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging; and35(b) the use of sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging5 the appropriate government shall take measures to ensure—phasing out of existent plastic(a) elimination of the production and use of plastics; (b) increase in recycling, reuse and other forms of waste recovery in relation to plastics; and40(c) removing plastics already in the environment for the purpose of recycling, reusing or applying another form of waste recovery to the plasticsban on singleuse plastic items6 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no person shall, after the target year 2022, use, stock, distribute, manufacture, sell or trade in any single-use plastic itempenalty7 whoever violates the provision of this act shall be punished with a fine which shall not be less than rupees one lakh but which may extend upto rupees five lakhs 8 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite funds for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite fundspower to make rules59 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonsindia generates close to 26000 tonnes of plastic a day a little over 10000 tonnes of plastic waste remains uncollected and these uncollected waste eventually ends of in the natural environment in our seas and oceans or piling up on our lands by 2050 the amount of plastic in seas and oceans across the world will weigh more than all the marginal creataurs at less than 11 kg india's per capita plastic consumption is nearly a tenth of the united states, at 109 kg  nearly one sixth of the plastic waste is generated by 60 cities and half of this comes from delhi, mumbai, bengaluru, chennai and kolkata the national green tribunal has also rapped 25 cities in up for not following its orders on submitting a plan on how they would comply with the plastic waste managementplastic is highly non-biodegradable causing permanent damage to the environment by disrupting ecosystems single use plastic can block waterways and exacerbate natural disasters by clogging sewers and providing breeding grounds for mosquitoes and pests, plastic bags can increase the transmission of vector-borne diseases like malaria troubles with single-use plastic came to the fore during floods in various parts of the country this year the government is also campaigning against single-use plastic that has become one of the sources of pollution as addition to landfills is adversely impacting the already frail ecological balance heaps of plastic wastes were washed ashore highlighting the lack of awareness and infrastructure to effectively deal with the productefforts to ban single-use plastic and promote sustainable alternatives to it can help in mitigating the ill-effects on human life and environment india's commitment towards sustainable development can only be realised through concerted efforts to reduce pollution caused by plastichence, this billronald  sapa  tlau financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides for research by higher education institutions and others into sustainable alternatives to plastic packaging clause 5 provides that the appropriate government shall take measures to increase recycling, reuse and other forms of waste recovery in relation to plastics clause 8 of the bill provides that the central government shall provide requisite funds for carrying out the purposes of this bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india and at this stage it is not possible to estimate that figure no non-recurring expenditure is likely to be involved memorandum  regrading  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the appropriate government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of details only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for a framework to enable the country to achieve its goal of elimiating single-use plastic by the year 2022 and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri ronald sapa tlau, mp)mgipmrnd—4327rs(s3)—11-12-2019