Discussion
Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, is notified based on the provisions made under ________.
Answer: A
The rules were notified under The Environment Protection Act, 1986.
The Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 were issued by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in exercise of its powers under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. They replaced the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, made under the same Act, and extended the rules beyond municipal areas.
The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 deals with water pollution. The Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964 and the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 are state laws that govern local bodies, which carry out the rules but are not their source.
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