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Updates from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)

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On 20 June 2024, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued the Battery Waste Management (Second Amendment) Rules, 2024 (the amendment) thereby amending the Battery Waste Management Rules, 2022.

Producers of batteries are obligated under the existing regulations to use domestically recycled material in the production process. In order to achieve greater sustainability across the industry, the amendment lays down the below specified glide path for targets to be achieved for the minimum use of recycled materials in the process of battery production, across the following categories of batteries:

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Serial number Type of battery Minimum use of the recycled materials out of total dry weight of a Battery (in percentage) in respect of financial year
Year 2027-28 Year 2028-29 Year 2029-30 Year 2030-31 and onwards
1 Portable 5 10 15 20
2 Electric vehicle 5 10 15 20
3 Automotive 35 35 40 40
4 Industrial 35 35 40 40

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