Representations

CAG submitted comments on the Draft Amendment to the EIA Notification, 2006, which proposes exempting Common Municipal Solid Waste Management Facilities, including landfills and Waste-to-Energy plants, from prior environmental clearance. CAG’s experience in urban waste, environmental health, and climate governance highlights the need to ensure the framework remains robust, inclusive, and evidence-based to help strengthen the environmental safeguard architecture while enabling effective waste management systems nationwide.

CAG has submitted its comments on the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 to ensure that consumer rights, affordability, and equitable access remain central to power sector reforms. The submission emphasizes consumer choice, protection for vulnerable users, transparent tariff practices, and fair competition among electricity suppliers.

CAG has submitted comments to the Chairman of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) for the draft notification on guidelines for storage and handling of waste solar Photo-Voltaic modules or panels or cells.

CAG has submitted comments to the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for the Draft Notification on Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Targets (2025).

CAG has submitted comments to the Secretary of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on the proposed amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, for improving road safety in India.

CAG has submitted its concerns regarding the use of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) in food packaging to the Honourable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). In its submission, CAG has urged the authorities to immediately reconsider and suspend the approval of rPET, as an objection to FSSAI's approval of the same.

CAG has submitted comments to the Secretary of  Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, on the Draft SMW Rules 2024.

CAG has submitted comments to the Secretary of  Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, for draft EPR for Packaging made from paper glass and metal as well as sanitary products 2024.

CAG's representation to the Department of Consumer Affairs, asking that the Supreme Court's judgement placing lawyers outside of the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act, be reconsidered, as such a move will defeat the very purpose of the  Act, and will be detrimental to wider consumer interest.

CAG has submitted comments and suggestions to the Central Consumer Protection Authority regarding its draft guidelines on greenwashing.