MoEFCC Gazette publishes 2024 amendment substituting Rule 23 to reference penalties under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

An official Gazette of India notification hosted on MoEFCC’s website amends the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2022. The amendment substitutes Rule 23 (“Action for contravention”) to clarify that any person failing to comply with/contravening the rules is liable to a penalty under section 15 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. For compliance teams, this is a legally binding change clarifying the penalty basis for non-compliance under the E-Waste framework and should be reflected in compliance risk/penalty mappings and internal enforcement escalation procedures.