BIS to develop standards for solid waste
Updated: Dec 02, 2014 03:42:09pm
New Delhi, Dec 2 (KNN) Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is considering developing standards on municipal solid waste including garbage segregation.
A technical committee has been constituted to develop such standards, said Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Raosaheb Patil Danve in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister said that the government has entrusted BIS to formulate process standard for quality assurance of potable water supplied through pipelines by municipal and Government agencies and for garbage disposal.
BIS has already established Indian Standard, IS 16066: 2012 on Street Food Vendors–Food Safety requirements.
He said that an Inter-Ministerial Group has been set up on Consumer Advocacy which will also oversee implementation of standards.
The standards proposed are to be formulated and implemented as per the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. (KNN/ES)
A technical committee has been constituted to develop such standards, said Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Raosaheb Patil Danve in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
The Minister said that the government has entrusted BIS to formulate process standard for quality assurance of potable water supplied through pipelines by municipal and Government agencies and for garbage disposal.
BIS has already established Indian Standard, IS 16066: 2012 on Street Food Vendors–Food Safety requirements.
He said that an Inter-Ministerial Group has been set up on Consumer Advocacy which will also oversee implementation of standards.
The standards proposed are to be formulated and implemented as per the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. (KNN/ES)
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