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The E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016

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[PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY PART-II, SECTION- 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION


New Delhi, the 23rd March , 2016


G.S.R 338(E). - Whereas the draft rules, namely the e-waste (Management) Rules, 2015, were published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change vide number G.S.R. 472(E), dated the 10th June, 2015 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, section 3, sub-section (ii) inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the
period of sixty days from the date on which copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public;


AND WHEREAS the copies of the Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public on the 10th day of June, 2015;


AND WHEREAS the objections and suggestions received within the specified period from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been duly considered by the Central Government;


NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), and in supersession of the ewaste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, published in the Gazette of India, section 3, sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1035(E), dated the 12th May, 2011, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the
Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely:-


CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.

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E-Waste-Management-Rules-2016.pdf