Lok Sabha Question No. 1252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-09
Subject: Financial Assistance under NBMMP
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2017 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER NBMMP

## 1252. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

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

(a) the  details  of  financial  assistance  given  by  the  Union  Government  to  the  State Governments under National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) during the last three years;

(b) the criteria fixed by the Union Government to install biogas plants under NBMMP;

(c) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the subsidy given for biogas plants are different in various States ;

(d) if so, the reasons therefor and the action taken for providing equal amount of subsidy to all the States;

(e) whether subsidy given in Kerala is very less than the actual cost of the biogas plants and if so, the details of the cost of the biogas plant and the subsidy given by the Government; and

(f) the action taken by the Government to increase the amount of subsidy in that State?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The  State-wise  and  year-wise  details  of  the  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA) released  to  State  Governments  during  the  last  three  years,  2013-14  to  2015-16  under  the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) are given at Annexure -I .

(b): The  NBMMP  is  a  Central  Sector  Scheme.  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable Energy (MNRE) calls proposals for the indicative physical targets for installation of biogas plants  from  the  States  at  the  beginning  of  the  year.    Keeping  in  view  the  quantum  of  the budget allocated for the programme, the potential and past years' performance of the States, the State-wise annual targets are fixed. Accordingly, the State-wise and Agency-wise targets for  setting  up  family  type  biogas  plants  are  communicated  for  implementation  under  the NBMMP as per the approved guidelines of the scheme.

(c) & (d): The existing central subsidy being given under the NBMMP varies according to the size of a biogas plant and category of beneficiary. Further, higher rate of subsidy is given for North Eastern Region States, as per the details given at ANNEXURE-II.

(e) & (f): The subsidy under the NBMMP is given to Kerala at par with other general categary States.

ANNEXURE-I,  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1252  FOR  ANSWER  ON  09.02.2017  REGARDING 'FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER NBMMP'.

State-wise and year-wise details of funds released under National Biogas and Manure Management  Programme  (NBMMP),  during  the  last  three  years,  2013-14  to  2015-16 (Including clearance of past liabilities).

(Rs. in crore)

| Sl. No.   | States/UTs        | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    | 13.16     | 17.91     | 11.41     |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh | 0.07      | -         | -         |
| 3.        | Assam             | 9.56      | 15.64     | 3.79      |
| 4.        | Bihar             | -         | -         | -         |
| 5.        | Chhattisgarh      | 3.95      | 4.34      | 3.33      |
| 6.        | Goa               | 0.06      | 0.06      | 0.015     |
| 7.        | Gujarat           | 4.41      | 2.63      | 1.61      |
| 8.        | Haryana           | -         | -         | 2.65      |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh  | 0.15      | 0.32      | 0.17      |
| 10.       | Jammu &Kashmir    | -         | -         | -         |
| 11.       | Jharkhand         | -         | -         | -         |
| 12.       | Karnataka         | 6.15      | 19.41     | 11.52     |
| 13.       | Kerala            | 2.25      | 1.92      | 1.01      |
| 14.       | Madhya Pradesh    | 12.50     | 11.60     | 3.12      |
| 15.       | Maharashtra       | 11.18     | 15.22     | 21.21     |
| 16.       | Manipur           | -         | -         | -         |
| 17.       | Meghalaya         | 0.81      | 0.23      | -         |
| 18.       | Mizoram           | 0.83      | -         | 0.45      |
| 19.       | Nagaland          | 1.75      | -         | -         |
| 20.       | Odisha            | -         | 9.31      | 2.80      |
| 21.       | Punjab            | 12.98     | 11.98     | 2.47      |
| 22.       | Rajasthan         | 0.15      | 1.02      | 0.57      |
| 23.       | Sikkim            | 0.29      | 0.28      | 0.45      |
| 24.       | Tamil Nadu        | -         | -         | 1.55      |
| 25.       | Telangana         | -         | 7.71      | 9.55      |
| 26.       | Tripura           | -         | 0.42      | 0.27      |
| 27.       | Uttar Pradesh     | -         | 0.67      | 0.96      |
| 28.       | Uttarakhand       | 1.46      | 0.49      | 1.44      |
| 29.       | West Bengal       | -         | -         | -         |
| 30.       | Delhi             | -         | -         | -         |
| 31.       | Puducherry        | -         | -         | -         |
| 32.       | KVIC, Mumbai *    | 8.54      | 1.56      | 5.89      |
| Total     | Total             | 90.25     | 122.72    | 86.235    |

[* Funds released to KVIC, Mumbai, for the NBMMP Programme implemented by them in the States]

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE-II, REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) & (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1252  FOR  ANSWER  ON  09.02.2017,  REGARDING 'FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER NBMMP'.

The details of subsidy being provided by the Union Government for setting up of family size biogas plants  under  National  Biogas  and  Manure  Management  Programme (NBMMP) in the country, w.e.f.  08.05.2014 for the remaining period of the 12 th Five Year Plan.

| Sl. No.   | Particulars of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) &States / Regions and Categories                                                                                              | Family Type Biogas Plants under NBMMP (1 to 6 cubic metre capacity per day )   | Family Type Biogas Plants under NBMMP (1 to 6 cubic metre capacity per day )   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| A.        | Central Subsidy Rates Applicable (in Rs.)                                                                                                                                       | 1 Cubic Metre                                                                  | 2- 6 Cubic Metre                                                               |
| 1.        | NER States, Sikkim (except plain areas of Assam) and including SC and ST Categories of NE Region States.                                                                        | 15,000                                                                         | 17,000                                                                         |
| 2.        | Plain areas of Assam.                                                                                                                                                           | 10,000                                                                         | 11,000                                                                         |
| 3.        | Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Niligiri of Tamil Nadu, Sadar Kurseong & Kalimpong Sub-Divisions of Darjeeling, Sunderbans (W.B.) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. | 7,000                                                                          | 11,000                                                                         |
| 4.        | Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes categories of all States other than NE Region States including Sikkim & other Hilly States / regions as given in Sl. No. 3 above.           | 7,000                                                                          | 11,000                                                                         |
| 5.        | All Others                                                                                                                                                                      | 5,500                                                                          | 9,000                                                                          |

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