India, April 4 -- Recyclers in India have collected 2,570.26 metric tonnes of lithium-ion waste batteries generated from electric vehicles (EVs) in the last three years, Union Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.

Singh was responding to a question by MP Renuka Chowdhury, who asked details on the total battery waste generated from lithium-ion batteries used in EVs across the country. However, the minister did not disclose this data.

In his written response to another query in Rajya Sabha, the minister said that India generated 17.78 Lakh metric tonnes of electronic waste in the fiscal year 2023-24, up 10.5% from 16.09 Lakh metric tonnes in the previous fiscal year.

Overall, e-waste ...