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Hazardous waste is the waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health and the environment. The sources of hazardous waste are basically agricultural and agro industries, medical facilities, commercial centers, household and the informal sectors. Rapidly growing industries in the country have contributed in the production of large part of hazardous waste material. Therefore, to reduce environmental hazardous, proper attention is required during storage, segregation, transportation and disposal of waste, because it cannot be disposed of by common means like other by products of our daily lives. Hazardous waste management is an important issue in our country now days. Unscientific disposal of hazardous waste and only few secured landfill sites available in the country for disposal of hazardous waste in an environmentally sound manner posed serious risk to the environment system. Rapid industrialization in last few decades have led to the depletion of natural resources and increase in pollution in the country. In India though there are certain rules and regulation cited by the central government for reduction of hazardous waste and for the minimization of hazardous effect on the environment still hazardous wastes are stored, transported, disposed or managed unsystematically causing health and environmental (air, water, soil) related problems. This paper is a review report about the hazardous waste management in India.