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5. Establish a management information system 2. Inform, educate, and raise the awareness of the
for regular reporting of DDT to the Stockholm general public.
Convention on POPs.
3. Augment analytical infrastructure for monitoring
6. Develop and produce alternatives to POPs pesticides. dioxin and furans released from the source categories
listed in Part II and Part III of Annex C.
7. Develop and produce botanical alternatives to DDT.
4. Upgrade and continue updating the inventory of
8. Develop and produce biopesticidal alternatives, unintentional POPs using indigenously developed
especially Bt-based biopesticides, to DDT. tools to measure unintentionally produced POPs
(UP-POPs) and estimate, using the upgraded tools,
9. Develop and produce chemical alternatives to DDT. the current and projected releases more reliably.
10. Develop and produce alternatives pesticides to 5. Identify, based on more the realistic estimates,
dicofol. strategies to meet the obligations to reduce the
amounts of UP-POPs being released.
11. Dispose of DDT packaging material in an
environmentally sound manner. 6. Promote the application of available, feasible, and
practical measures to discharge the above obligations
PCBs and to eliminate sources of pollution.
1. Strengthen the policy and regulatory framework to 7. Promote the development and use of substitute
comply with the obligations under the Stockholm or modified materials, products, and processes to
Convention. prevent the release of Annex C chemicals.
2. Build national capacity in institutional management of 8. Promote and adopt best-available technologies and
PCBs. best environmental practices for new installations of
industrial sources listed in Part II of Annex C.
3. Dispose of 1700 tonnes of pure PCBs and 6000
tonnes of equipment contaminated with PCBs by 9. Promote best-available technologies and best
the end of 2015 to start with, out of 9837 tonnes of environmental practices for existing installations of
PCBs and PCB-containing oils and a corresponding industrial sources listed in Part II and III of Annex C.
inventory of PCB-contaminated equipment and
wastes. 10. Review every five years the strategies for reducing
the amounts of UP-POPs being released and report
4. Continue updating the nationwide inventory of such reductions regularly.
transformers and capacitors in use that contain PCBs
as well as of similar articles in the non-power sectors. Contaminated sites and wastes
5. Manage PCBs and PCB-contaminated equipment 1. Ensure total disposal of obsolete stocks of aldrin and
and wastes. dieldrin in regional plant protection and quarantine
station (RPPQS) in Mumbai; in Barmer, Bikaner,
6. Monitor PCB levels in soil, water, and sediment. Sikar, Jaisalmer, and Kota in Rajasthan; in Imphal in
Manipur, and in Palampur in Gujarat.
7. Monitor PCB levels in food crops, aquatic fauna,
poultry, animal feed, and higher mammals including 2. Initiate measures to contain and clean PCBs in the
human beings. ship-breaking industry in Alang, Gujarat.
8. Monitor sites contaminated with PCBs and undertake 3. Enhance and continually update and upgrade the
measures for the remediation of such sites. national inventory of POPs stockpiles and wastes.
9. Undertake research and development of (a) 4. Ensure secure storage of PCBs and equipment and
vegetable or synthetic liquids and (b) technology for wastes contaminated with PCBs in power generation
environmentally sound management of PCBs and or distribution units, industrial plants, and transformer
their destruction. repair sites to prevent further contamination of the
environment.
Dioxins and furans
1. Strengthen existing policies and regulations with
regard to unintentional releases of POPs.
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5. Establish a management information system 2. Inform, educate, and raise the awareness of the
for regular reporting of DDT to the Stockholm general public.
Convention on POPs.
3. Augment analytical infrastructure for monitoring
6. Develop and produce alternatives to POPs pesticides. dioxin and furans released from the source categories
listed in Part II and Part III of Annex C.
7. Develop and produce botanical alternatives to DDT.
4. Upgrade and continue updating the inventory of
8. Develop and produce biopesticidal alternatives, unintentional POPs using indigenously developed
especially Bt-based biopesticides, to DDT. tools to measure unintentionally produced POPs
(UP-POPs) and estimate, using the upgraded tools,
9. Develop and produce chemical alternatives to DDT. the current and projected releases more reliably.
10. Develop and produce alternatives pesticides to 5. Identify, based on more the realistic estimates,
dicofol. strategies to meet the obligations to reduce the
amounts of UP-POPs being released.
11. Dispose of DDT packaging material in an
environmentally sound manner. 6. Promote the application of available, feasible, and
practical measures to discharge the above obligations
PCBs and to eliminate sources of pollution.
1. Strengthen the policy and regulatory framework to 7. Promote the development and use of substitute
comply with the obligations under the Stockholm or modified materials, products, and processes to
Convention. prevent the release of Annex C chemicals.
2. Build national capacity in institutional management of 8. Promote and adopt best-available technologies and
PCBs. best environmental practices for new installations of
industrial sources listed in Part II of Annex C.
3. Dispose of 1700 tonnes of pure PCBs and 6000
tonnes of equipment contaminated with PCBs by 9. Promote best-available technologies and best
the end of 2015 to start with, out of 9837 tonnes of environmental practices for existing installations of
PCBs and PCB-containing oils and a corresponding industrial sources listed in Part II and III of Annex C.
inventory of PCB-contaminated equipment and
wastes. 10. Review every five years the strategies for reducing
the amounts of UP-POPs being released and report
4. Continue updating the nationwide inventory of such reductions regularly.
transformers and capacitors in use that contain PCBs
as well as of similar articles in the non-power sectors. Contaminated sites and wastes
5. Manage PCBs and PCB-contaminated equipment 1. Ensure total disposal of obsolete stocks of aldrin and
and wastes. dieldrin in regional plant protection and quarantine
station (RPPQS) in Mumbai; in Barmer, Bikaner,
6. Monitor PCB levels in soil, water, and sediment. Sikar, Jaisalmer, and Kota in Rajasthan; in Imphal in
Manipur, and in Palampur in Gujarat.
7. Monitor PCB levels in food crops, aquatic fauna,
poultry, animal feed, and higher mammals including 2. Initiate measures to contain and clean PCBs in the
human beings. ship-breaking industry in Alang, Gujarat.
8. Monitor sites contaminated with PCBs and undertake 3. Enhance and continually update and upgrade the
measures for the remediation of such sites. national inventory of POPs stockpiles and wastes.
9. Undertake research and development of (a) 4. Ensure secure storage of PCBs and equipment and
vegetable or synthetic liquids and (b) technology for wastes contaminated with PCBs in power generation
environmentally sound management of PCBs and or distribution units, industrial plants, and transformer
their destruction. repair sites to prevent further contamination of the
environment.
Dioxins and furans
1. Strengthen existing policies and regulations with
regard to unintentional releases of POPs.
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