eco park

  Dehli e-waste eco park

And  State film policy

The Delhi Cabinet on Thursday approved setting up of an e-waste eco park. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said 

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the park will help in curbing pollution and it will be the first such project in the country.

“Currently, Delhi releases over 2,00,000 tonnes of e-waste every year, which is mainly handled by informal recyclers.

 At this eco-park, recycling, refurbishing and dismantling of waste will be done in a scientific and environmentally safe manner,” Mr. Sisodia said.

The park will be an integrated facility which will accommodate various handlers such as e-waste refurbishers, dismantlers, recyclers, plastic waste processors and others. It will also have different types of processing and recycling units for the materials recovered from e-waste sites.

Reacting to the decision, Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor said the government’s announcement was not a “well-thought-out or planned decision”. “If the Delhi government is serious towards solving this problem, then it should first set up one or two e-waste collection centres in every municipal ward,” he said. 

Mr. Sisodia said the Cabinet has also approved “India’s most progressive” State film policy to promote Delhi as the “hub” for modern film-making on European Standards.

“The (Arvind) Kejriwal government will set up e-Film Clearance Portal where approvals of over 25 agencies, including police and DDA, will be given online within 15 days. The government will also provide a subsidy of up to ₹3 crore for film production in Delhi and will incentivise hiring of locals,” he said. Under the policy, there will be annual scholarship for students of Delhi studying at NSD, FTII and other recognised institutes