The Government has launched a web-based
application on Integrated Waste Management System (IWMS) – www.iwms.nic.in for better management of
waste. Launching the application here today, Minister of State (Independent
Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said
that it will provide an opportunity to all the industries dealing in hazardous
waste, to apply online. The Minister also said that the user-friendly
application can also track the movement of hazardous waste and will also help
in ensuring its proper management. Shri Javadekar pointed out that there are an
estimated 43000 industries dealing in hazardous waste, of which about 30000
industries have been mapped through this application.
The objective
of the web-based application is to enhance transparency in the working of the Ministry
and other Centre/State level regulatory bodies and also to reduce the time
taken for processing applications, seeking various types of permissions under
the recently notified waste management regulations. In addition to being a
single window access, this application is expected to expedite the way the
permission is granted and way the analysis could be done not only for
authorization and consents, but also for import/export permission under the
rules.
The application has been
developed to:-
(i)
Help
people to apply and get online permissions for import and export of certain
categories of waste, which is for reuse or recycling or recovery or
co-processing and ultimately to conserve our primary resource.
(ii)
Help
authorities in web-based processing, generation and grant of various types of
certification/ permissions to the entrepreneurs and industries.
(iii)
Implement
concept of paperless/ green office; the system has inbuilt arrangements for
uploading the supporting documents / annexure, along with the online applications.
(iv) Provide an
insight to the number of authorization/ certificates granted under consent to
establish, or consent to operate, from time to time across the country and make
available at any point the information regarding number authorizations /
consent orders granted by the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs).
(v)
Enable
user agencies to check the fate of their application any time through this web-based
portal. The industry dashboard will show the application filed and sent to SPCB,
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) or Ministry for approval viz-a-viz
authorization, Consent to Establish, Consent to Operate or for Import / Export
permission. The application status, along with consent status across India, can
be visualized on the SPCB / CPCB dashboard. The Ministry dashboard will act as
the administrative user of the system, with all rights on the access of any
type of data with additional access to certificate generation right for Import
and Export, authorization and Registration, etc.
(vi) Generate database
on waste generating/ processing industrial units under construction, or
operation by consolidating the information regarding Consent to Establish,
Consent to Operate and Authorization, import/export permission
(vii)
Generate
data base on different categories of wastes generated viz hazardous,
biomedical, municipal, electronic, plastic waste etc.
Some
of the key benefits of the web-based application include:
1)
Availability
of State-wise and national database on generation of various types of waste and
number of waste generating/ processing industrial units in the country at one
place. This will help the authorities further to identify the problem areas
and plan accordingly.
2)
Will
bring more transparency in the functioning of the Ministry and other State
Authorities.
3)
Conversion
of the current legacy paper house to a green office i.e. a virtual office
moving ahead with all its relevant required data on its own private cloud.
4)
Single
Window Access - bridging the gap between industries and other waste
generators, recyclers, operators of disposal facilities, State Pollution
Control Board (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCSs), Central Pollution
Control Board (CPCB), municipalities and the concerned ministries for
environmentally sound waste management of such wastes.
5)
Quick
decision on applications by the authorities; earlier, it was arduous and time-taking,
due to need of physical movement of the papers
6)
Better
coordination and availability of information with the User Agencies (entrepreneurs/industries),
Central and State authorities that will further help in achieving the
objectives of ‘Ease of Doing Businesses’ and Make in India’, significantly.
7)
Encapsulation
of all the information from state bodies and provide consolidated information
at one place, which will help the Central and State authorities for effective
monitoring.
8)
The
Phase- II (upgraded version) of the (IWMS) is expected to encompass
generation of annual report from the annual return filed by the industries and
other stakeholders for various type of waste generated in the country. This
version will provide customized GIS based information on waste management in
the country. The GIS maps will be generated and integrated with underlying
information to provide an excellent visual outlook to the available data.
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