Rule, 2026

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 269] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026/CHAITRA 30, 1948

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 17th April, 2026

G.S.R. 293(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule (4) of rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government, after having dispensed with the requirement of notice under clause (a) of sub-rule (3) of rule 5 of the said rule in public interest, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Bio-Medical Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2026.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, in rule 11, in sub-rule (1), after the words "Departments of Health," the word "Ayush," shall be inserted.

3. In rule 12 of the said rule, in sub-rule (6), after the words "District Health Officer," the words "representative, as nominated by the State or Union Territory Department of Ayush," shall be inserted. NEELESH KUMAR SAH, Jt. Secy.

Note: The Principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number

G.S.R. 343(E), dated the 28th March, 2016 and subsequently amended vide number

G.S.R. 234 (E), dated the 16th March, 2018,

G.S.R. 129 (E), dated the 19th February, 2019 and

G.S.R. 360(E), dated the 10th May, 2019.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA

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