Lok Sabha Question No. 2544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Setting up of Research Institutes
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 2544 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2016

## SETTING UP OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES

## 2544.  SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  any  proposals  from  the  various  State Governments including Assam to set up research institutes for the development of bio-gas, bio-diesel and solar energy in their States;

(b) if so, the details of the proposals received and approved during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c) the details of the pending proposals out of those proposals and the reasons for their pendency along with the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared by the Union Government; and

(d) the status of the implementation of the approved projects, State-wise;

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL, NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY &  MINES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): Yes, Madam. Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) received requests for proposals  for  setting  up  of  Biogas  Development  and  Training  Centres  (BDTCs)  in  Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Gujarat. No formal proposal was received from Assam for setting up of research institutes for the development of bio-gas, bio-diesel and solar energy.

(b)&(c): The  proposals  under  the  Biogas  Programme,  National  Biogas  and  Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) were considered but not approved because already such centers exist for biogas development and training needs for of all the States of the country. For  Assam,  it  is  located  at  Indian  Institute  of  Technology,  Guwahati.  As  such  there  is  no pendency for clearance.

(d): Presently,  there  are  8  BDTCs  functioning  in  various  IITs/Universities  across  the country approved under the National Biogas and  Manure  Management  Programme (NBMMP),  a  centrally  sponsored  scheme  approved  upto  31.03.2017.  The  State-wise jurisdiction of each BDTC is given in the Annexure.

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ANNEXURE,  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2544  FOR  ANSWER  ON  01.12.2016  REGARDING 'SETTING UP OF RESEARCH INSTITUTES'.

## State-wise jurisdiction of the Biogas Development and Training Centres (BDTCs)

|   S. No. | Locations              | Name of Institution/ IITs/Universities                                                                                                                                                                                 | States Covered by the BDTC                                        |
|----------|------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Guwahati               | Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, North Guwahati, Guwahati- 781039 Ph: 0361-258-2651/2662                                                                                | All North-Eastern Region States including Sikkim and West Bengal  |
|        2 | Bangalore              | Biogas Development and Training Center, Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore- 560065 Ph: 080- 23330153/335, 080- 23640206                                      | Goa and Karnataka                                                 |
|        3 | Indore                 | Biogas Development and Training Centre, Centre of Energy Studies and Research (CESR), Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Khandwa Road, Indore- 452017. Ph: 0731- 2460309                                                     | Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra                      |
|        4 | Ludhiana               | Dept. of Civil Engg. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141004, Punjab Ph: 0161-2401960                                                                                                                        | Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Jammu& Kashmir           |
|        5 | Udaipur                | Biogas Development and Training Centre, Deptt. of Renewable Energy College of Technology &Agricultural Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture &Technology, Udaipur-313001 (Rajasthan) Ph: 0294-2471068 | Gujarat, Rajasthan and Daman &Diu                                 |
|        6 | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu | Biogas Development and Training Centre, Agricultural Engineering and Research Institute, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore- 641003. Ph: 0422- 6611276, 290                                                 | Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala, Andaman &Nicobar and Lakshadweep |
|        7 | Delhi                  | Biogas Development and Training Centre, Center for Rural Development &Technology (CRDT), IIT Hauz Khas, New Delhi- 110016 Ph: 011- 26596351, 26596311                                                                  | Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCR Delhi                              |
|        8 | Odisha                 | Biogas Development and Training Centre, School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar 751024. Odisha, Fax No. 0674-2725732                                                   | Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand                       |

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