Lok Sabha Question No. 2804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Setting up of Modern Bio-Gas Gallon
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2804

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2018

## SETTING UP OF MODERN BIO-GAS GALLON

2804. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

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

(a): whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up/build  modern  bio-gas  gallon  to  be produced from cow dung as fuel in place of firewood/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)/Piped Natural Gas (PNG) in all households across the country;

- (b): if so, the details thereof;
- (c): the  total  budget  earmarked  for  this  project  and  amount  allocated  during  the  current financial year;

(d): whether the Government also proposes to give/grant subsidy to each household to set up this bio-gas unit; and

- (e): if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a): The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  has  been  implementing programmes  such  as  National  Biogas  and  Manure  Management  Programme  (NBMMP), Biogas Power (Off-grid) Generation Programme (BPGP), and Waste to Energy Programme for setting up of Biogas Plants based on cattle dung and other mixed biodegradable wastes to meet cooking, heating,  lighting  &  small  power  and  thermal  energy  needs  of  the  people  of remote and rural areas of the country.
- (b): Under the NBMMP, about 49.6 lakh household size biogas plants have been installed since the inception of the biogas programme in the country.  The State-wise details of biogas plants installed since inception till up to 2016-17 are given in Annexure-I.
- (c): Under the Head 'Biogas Programme' a provision of Rs.134.00 Crore was made in the budget estimate (BE) for the year 2017-18.
- (d) & (e): Under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP), family type biogas plants are set up for individual households to provide biogas as clean fuel for  cooking  to  the  people  of  rural  and  remote  areas.  The  details  of  the  subsidy/  Central Financial Assistance provided under the NBMMP are given in Annexure -II.

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Annexure-I referred  to in  reply  to  the  Part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 2804 to be answered on 04.01.2018 on ' setting up of modern bio-gas gallon '

The State wise details of biogas plants installed from 1981-82 to 2016-17 under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP).

| Sl. No   | State/ Union Territories   | Cumulative achievements up to 2016-17 (in Nos.)   |
|----------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | 2                          | 3                                                 |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh             | 549235                                            |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh          | 3555                                              |
| 3.       | Assam                      | 130375                                            |
| 4.       | Bihar                      | 129844                                            |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh               | 54825                                             |
| 6.       | Goa                        | 4230                                              |
| 7.       | Gujarat                    | 433317                                            |
| 8.       | Haryana                    | 62085                                             |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh           | 47650                                             |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir             | 3163                                              |
| 11.      | Jharkhand                  | 7579                                              |
| 12.      | Karnataka                  | 491764                                            |
| 13.      | Kerala                     | 149568                                            |
| 14.      | Madhya Pradesh             | 365689                                            |
| 15.      | Maharashtra                | 899472                                            |
| 16.      | Manipur                    | 2128                                              |
| 17.      | Meghalaya                  | 10196                                             |
| 18.      | Mizoram                    | 5412                                              |
| 19.      | Nagaland                   | 7953                                              |
| 20.      | Odisha                     | 270880                                            |
| 21.      | Punjab                     | 177445                                            |
| 22.      | Rajasthan                  | 71231                                             |
| 23.      | Sikkim                     | 9044                                              |
| 24.      | Tamil Nadu                 | 222870                                            |
| 25.      | Telengana                  | 22591                                             |
| 26.      | Tripura                    | 3620                                              |
| 27.      | Uttar Pradesh              | 440713                                            |
| 28.      | Uttrakhand                 | 21558                                             |
| 29.      | West Bengal                | 366974                                            |
| 30.      | A&N Islands                | 137                                               |
| 31.      | Chandigarh                 | 97                                                |
| 32.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        | 169                                               |
| 33.      | Delhi/ New Delhi           | 681                                               |
| 34.      | Puducherry                 | 578                                               |
|          | TOTAL :                    | 49,66,628                                         |

## Annexure -II

Annexure-II referred to in reply to the Part (d) & (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2804  to be answered on 04.01.2018 on ' setting up of modern bio-gas gallon '

## The details of the Subsidy/ Central Financial Assistance provided to beneficiaries under the NBMMP.

| Sl. No.   | Particulars of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) &States / Regions and Categories                                                                                             | Family Type Biogas Plants underNBMMP (1 to 6 cubic metre capacity per day )   | Family Type Biogas Plants underNBMMP (1 to 6 cubic metre capacity per day )   |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|           |                                                                                                                                                                                | 1 Cubic Metre (in Rs. Per plant)                                              | 2- 6 Cubic Metre (in Rs. Per plant)                                           |
| 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 of other than NE Region States including Sikkim &for other Hilly States/regions as given in Sl. No.3 above.                                | 7,000                                                                         | 11,000                                                                        |
| 5.        | All Others                                                                                                                                                                     | 5,500                                                                         | 9,000                                                                         |
| 6.        | Additional CFA for toilet linked Biogas Plants.                                                                                                                                | 1,200                                                                         | 1,200                                                                         |