Overall objective of the task identified by the GTZ is to develop training modules, the required environmental guidelines, incorporating various environmental considerations so as to:•comply with various environmental laws , norms and standards•protect environment, conserve natural resources, prevent and control pollution : and•achieve sustainable development.

Capacity building of CPCB

•CPCB interacted with the European operators of the incineration facilities/regulators/implementing officers for formulation of guidelines and standards for common hazardous waste incinerators in the country.•Based on CPCB recommendation, MoEF issued the Notification under the Hazardous Waste (Management & Handling) Rules.

•Strengthening Capacity Building in Environment

•Spatial Environmental Planning in Europe

•Environmental Management and Land Based Natural Resource Planning in Germany

•Overseas visit-cum-exposure for Common Hazardous Waste Incinerator

•Trainings for National Reference Trace Organic

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Major Overseas Training-cum-Visits

Guidelines for common hazardous Incinerators

Guidelines for Emissions from chemical and hazardous waste Incinerators•GTZ supported organising a workshop on “Chemical Waste Incineration”. GTZ provided an overseas expert,•Dry (24) and wet (14) studies were completed in selected industries in Basic Organic Chemicals, Pesticides, Dye & dye intermediate and Bulk drugs. GTZ team, CPCB team and NPC team undertook studies.

Restructuring and redesigning the CPCB website (www.cpcb.nic.in). It serves the purpose of on-line data publication, data acquisition from SPCBs, creating a Data Bank using Internet etc.