India: Waste Management

India's Ministry of Environment proposes significant amendments to the Ecomark Rules, 2024, introducing stringent environmental criteria across six product categories including paints, batteries, paper, wood products...

Customers, investors, regulators, lenders, and supply chain partners are increasingly scrutinizing how organizations manage ESG-related issues. Climate change, resource scarcity, biodiversity loss, human rights concerns, circular economy requirements, and governance failures are no longer viewed as peripheral sustainability topics. They have become core business risks.

In Bhopal Municipal Corporation v. Dr. Subhash C. Pandey & Ors., the Supreme Court of India transforms a municipal dispute into a nationwide directive on scientific waste management and environmental compliance. Reaffirming that the right to a clean environment is part of Article 21, the Court highlights India’s growing waste crisis and holds local authorities accountable as constitutional trustees of public health and environmental protection.

On 5th December, 2025, the Solid Waste Management Bill, 2025 (the "Bill") was introduced in the Rajya Sabha, seeking to provide a comprehensive statutory framework for the segregation...

Our paper sets out an overview of the waste management landscape in India – capturing the regulatory framework, analysing the recent updates and industry developments, and tracing the growth of the waste management sector.

Over the past years, India's electric vehicle (EV) sector has rapidly evolved from early pilot projects to mainstream adoption, which was largely driven by supportive government policies, rising fuel prices, and increased consumer interest.

The proper disposal of expired and unused medicines is a critical public health and environmental issue. The recent guidance document issued by the Director General of Health Services, CDSCO, dated 26th May 2025,

The May 2025 edition of Fox & Mandal's newsletter examines RBI's guidelines on digital lending; validity of retrospective environmental clearance for infrastructure projects; using input tax credit as GST appeal pre-deposit; Singapore's recognition of CIRP under the Model Law; co-investment vehicle in alternative investing; UGC's framework for recognising foreign qualifications; and other regulatory changes in India's corporate, capital markets, real estate, insolvency, and banking sectors.

This May newsletter covers categories of updates relating to labour, environment and industry related laws. Notification of Karnataka Factories (Safety Audit) Rules, 2024...