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Detail of GEF Project #3803
| GEF Project ID | 3803 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Environmentally Sound Management of Medical Wastes in India |
| Country | India |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Strategic Program | POPS-2; POPS-1; POPS-3 |
| PIF Approval Date | 2009-04-15 |
| PPG Approval Date | 2009-04-15 |
| Approval Date | 2010-06-08 |
| CEO Endorsement Date | 2011-09-21 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2010-06-17 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNIDO |
| Executing Agency | Ministry of Environment and Forest (MOEF), India |
| Description | To reduce and ultimately eliminate the releases of unintentionally produced POPs (UP-POPs) and other globally harmful pollutants into the environment and assist India in implementing its relevant obligations under the Stockholm Convention. The proposed project will promote the country-wide adoption of BAT/BEP in the healthcare institutions of widely differing in their complexity and size as well as in the evolving medical waste management infrastructure and industry in a manner that protects human health and reduces adverse environmental impacts. |
| PPG Amount | 250,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 10,000,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 10,250,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 30,100,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 40,350,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 1,000,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 10,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 30,444,000 USD |
| Project Cost (CEO Endo.) | 40,694,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees (CEO Endo.) | 1,000,000 USD |
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