 bill no 55  of 2015 the maintenance of public cleanliness and waste management bill, 2015 by dr kirit premjibhai solanki, mp a billto provide for proper handling and disposal of household waste by prescribing norms and fixing duties on citizens with regard to maintenance of public cleanliness and for matters connected herewith and incidental theretowhereas decisions were taken at the united nations conference on the human environment held at stockholm in june, 1972, in which india participated, to take appropriate steps for the protection and improvement of human environment;and whereas it is considered necessary further to implement the decisions of aforesaid in so far as they relate to the protection and improvement of environment and the prevention of hazards to human beings, other living creatures, plants and property;be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-sixth year of the republic of india as follows:—(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—5(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "disposal" means disposal of household waste according to prescribed norms to prevent contamination of the environment and harmful effect on human health;10(c) "municipal authority" means municipal corporation, municipality, nagar palika, nagar nigam, nagar panchayat, municipal council including notified area committee (nac) or any other local body constituted under the relevant statutes and, where the management and handling of municipal solid waste is entrusted to such agency;(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;15(e) "school" means a school run by the central government or a state government or a local authority or by an authority designated or sponsored by the appropriate government and includes government aided school and recognised aided and unaided private school; and(f) "segregate" means to separate household waste into organic, inorganic, recyclables and hazardous wastes20prohibition on littering3  no person shall throw or dispose of any household waste in public place or on the property of any other person, except in the dustbins or waste collection points demarcated by the municipal authority4  it shall be the duty of every citizen—duties of citizens(i) to ensure cleanliness in his home and surrounding areas;25(ii) to segregate household waste;(iii) to participate in the routine community cleanliness drives organised by the municipal authorities; and(iv) to undertake such other tasks as may be prescribed305  (1) the appropriate government shall include a course on waste management as a compulsory part of the school curriculum(2) every school shall organize cleanliness drives at prescribed intervals to promote household waste management and public cleanliness among studentsschools to promote household waste management and public cleanliness among students6 the municipal authority shall—responsibilities of the municipal authorities(i) ensure collection of segregated waste from households for further treatment and disposal;35(ii) notify sites demarcated as collection points;(iii) conduct educational and informational activities relating to cleanliness at such interval for the local residents, as may be prescribed; and(iv) organise cleanliness drives from time to time to promote cleanliness amongcitizens40penalty7 whoever violates the provisions of this act shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months and fine which may extend to five thousand rupees5 8 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, provide requisite sums to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite sums power to remove difficulties109 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the central government may, by order published in the official gazette, make such provisions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period  of three years from the date of commencement of this actact to have overriding effect1510 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force relating to maintenance of public cleanliness and waste management or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this act11 the provisions of this act shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law, for the time being in forceact not in derogation of any other lawpower to make rules12 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act20 25(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement of objects and reasonsmahatma gandhi, the father of our nation had once said, "cleanliness is next to godliness" while the concept of personal hygiene and keeping one's home is greatly emphasized, cleanliness in the public sphere is often found to be lacking recently, the swachh bharat abhiyan has been launched, with a focus on community participation, in order to fulfil mahatma gandhi's vision of a clean india the bill aims to provide a legislative impetus to the ambitious campaign by clearly outlining the roles and responsibilities of the government, municipal authorities and the citizens so that the nation can collectively work towards achieving the objective of a clean indiahence, this billkirit premjibhai solankifebruary 6, 2015 financial memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for introducing a course on waste management as a compulsory part of the school curriculum clause 6 provides for certain steps to be initiated by municipal authorities for promotion of public cleanliness clause 8 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds to the state governments for carrying out the purposes of the bill the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore will be incurred per annuma non-recurring expenditure of about rupees  one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 12 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purpose of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for proper handling and disposal of household waste by prescribing normsand fixing duties on citizens with regard to maintenance of public cleanlinessand for matters connected herewith and incidental thereto————(dr kirit premjibhai solanki,  mp)gmgipmrnd—4768ls(s3)—03-03-2015