• Dr Nabanita Sarkar

Solid waste management in India is an acute problem now a day. The life of people became very fast and formulated these days. In the present society the food habit of people changed abruptly. The people became depended more on package food which in return increases the amount of solid wastes. The amount of household solid waste is increasing day by day in city life as well as in rural areas too. Various policies, acts, rules and regulations were made regarding proper solid wastes managements in the municipalities and corporation in various cities and towns of India. These policies, rules and regulations are implemented through municipal authorities and corporations. Central pollution control board and state pollution control, board in every state of India play the most important role in this aspect. They are the controlling authority who frames various policies and rules. They imply their significant role regarding policy making and decision making for the betterment and proper solid waste management system to give a healthy and pollution free life to the citizen.

Solid waste management, package food, household solid waste, policy, rules and regulations, corporation. Central pollution control board, state pollution control board

"ACTS, RULES, REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION REGARDING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no.516-527, August-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808076.pdf

"ACTS, RULES, REGULATIONS AND LEGISLATION REGARDING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN INDIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 8, page no. pp516-527, August-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1808076.pdf