Lok Sabha Question No. 361 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Bio-gas Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 361

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19/03/2020.

## BIO-GAS PLANTS

## +*361.  SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

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

- (a) the details of schemes formulated by the Government to explore the potential of bio-energy in the  country  along  with  the  status  of  electricity  generation  through  the  said  energy  resources, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  bio-energy  plants  in  the  rural  areas  of  the  country  are  functional  or  lying dysfunctional, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of bio-gas plants in the country, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is running/implementing any scheme to set up bio-gas plant in each house of the farmers of the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY, POWER and MoS for SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 361 to be answered on 19.03.2020 regarding 'Bio-gas Plants'

- (a) : The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing the following schemes for harnessing Bio-Energy potential of the country, in form of Biogas, BioCNG and Power:
- (i) New National Biogas and Organic Manure Programme (NNBOMP);
- (ii) Biogas  based  Power  Generation  (Off-grid)  and  Thermal  Energy  Application  Programme (BPGTP);
- (iii) Scheme  to  support  promotion  of  Biomass  based  Cogeneration  in  Sugar  Mills  and  Other Industries in the Country;
- (iv) Programme  on Energy from Urban, Industrial, Agricultural Wastes/ Residues and Municipal Solid Waste.

Under  the  above  schemes,  MNRE  provides  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  and  other fiscal  incentives  for  setting  up  Bio-Energy  projects/  plants  besides  providing  support  for  programme implementation, publicity & information dissemination, training, R&D etc. The State / UT-wise details of the Bio-Energy projects installed for power/ electricity generation are given in Annexure-I.

(b): The  technologies  for  recovery  of  Bio-energy  in  form  of  Biogas,  BioCNG  and  Power  are well  established.  With  sustained  supply  of  requisite  quality  feedstock  and  proper  operation  & maintenance of plants on regular basis, these plants function properly and efficiently. The Evaluation report  of    grid  connected  biomass  power,  bagasse  cogeneration  and  Non-bagasse  cogeneration  in Industries  scheme  implemented  during  12 th Plan  period  which  was  submitted  in  December,  2017 indicated  an  overall  functionally  rate  of  about  83%  for  the  surveyed  Biomass  and  Waste  to  Energy plants. The state-wise details of operational and non-operational Biomass and Waste to Energy plants as per the above mentioned Evaluation Report are given in Annexure-II.

Further,  as  per  an  independent  third  party  evaluation  study  conducted  in  Ten  States  for  the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP), which was operational from 2012-13 to 2016-17 (12 th Five Year Plan Period), an overall functionality rate of about 96.5 % has been observed for  the  surveyed  biogas  plants.  The  state/UT-wise  details  of  operational  and  non-operational  plants under the NBMMP have been given in Annexure-III.

(c)  to (e): The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been implementing Central Sector Scheme, the  New  National  Biogas  and  Organic  Manure  Programme  (NNBOMP)  for  setting  up  small  biogas plants, based on mainly cattle dung and other organic wastes mixed with it, for households including farmers in remote, rural and semi-urban areas of the country.  Under the NNBOMP, a target of setting up 76,000 small biogas plants has been fixed for the current year, 2019-20. The State/UT-wise details of targets fixed for the current year are given in Annexure-IV.

Further,  the  MNRE  has  also  been  implementing  two  other  schemes  namely,  Programme  on Energy from Urban, Industrial, Agricultural Wastes/  Residues and Municipal Solid Waste and Biogas based  Power  Generation  (Off-Grid)  and  Thermal  energy  applications  Programme  (BPGTP)    for promotion of Biogas generation to increase the numbers of medium and large size biogas plants in the country.  The  State/  UT-wise  details  of  the  biogas  plants  installed  in  the  country  under  these  two schemes are given in Annexure- V.

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## ANNEXURE-I, REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 361  FOR ANSWERING ON  19/03/2020  ON 'BIO-GAS PLANTS'

Status  of  State  /  UT-wise  Bio-Energy  Projects  installed  for  Power  /  Electricity  Generation, as  on 29.02.2020

| Sr. No   | State/ UT        |   Waste to Energy (in MW) |   Biomass Power + bagasse Co- generation (in MW) |   Biomass co- generation (non- bagasse) (in MW) |   Biogas Power Generation (off- grid) Projects (MW e |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh   |                    40.82  |                                            378.2 |                                           98.98 |                                               0.466  |
| 2.       | Bihar            |                     0     |                                            113   |                                            8.2  |                                               0      |
| 3.       | Chhattisgarh     |                     0.33  |                                            228   |                                            2.5  |                                               0      |
| 4.       | Delhi            |                    52     |                                              0   |                                            0    |                                               0      |
| 5.       | Gujarat          |                    11.275 |                                             65.3 |                                           12    |                                               0.02   |
| 6.       | Haryana          |                     4     |                                            121.4 |                                           84.26 |                                               0.135  |
| 7.       | Himachal Pradesh |                     0     |                                              0   |                                            7.2  |                                               0      |
| 8.       | Jharkhand        |                     0     |                                              0   |                                            4.3  |                                               0      |
| 9.       | Karnataka        |                     7.8   |                                           1866.6 |                                           15.2  |                                               1.57   |
| 10.      | Kerala           |                     0     |                                              0   |                                            0.72 |                                               0.124  |
| 11.      | Madhya Pradesh   |                    15.4   |                                             93   |                                           12.35 |                                               0.095  |
| 12.      | Maharashtra      |                    28.713 |                                           2499.7 |                                           16.4  |                                               0.825  |
| 13.      | Meghalaya        |                     0     |                                              0   |                                           13.8  |                                               0      |
| 14.      | Odisha           |                     0     |                                             50.4 |                                            8.82 |                                               0.006  |
| 15.      | Punjab           |                    14.92  |                                            194   |                                          123.1  |                                               0.922  |
| 16.      | Rajasthan        |                     3     |                                            119.3 |                                            2    |                                               0.0075 |
| 17.      | Tamil Nadu       |                    10.45  |                                            969   |                                           28.55 |                                               1.971  |
| 18.      | Telangana        |                    19.5   |                                            158.1 |                                            1    |                                               0.208  |
| 19.      | Uttar Pradesh    |                    44.63  |                                           1957.5 |                                          158.01 |                                               0.758  |
| 20.      | Uttarakhand      |                     1.89  |                                             73   |                                           57.5  |                                               0.073  |
| 21.      | West Bengal      |                     0     |                                            300   |                                           19.92 |                                               0.06   |
|          | Total            |                   254.73  |                                           9186.5 |                                          674.81 |                                               7.241  |

## ANNEXURE-II, REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 361   FOR ANSWERING ON  19/03/2020 ON 'BIO-GAS PLANTS'

Overall functionality status of Biomass and Waste to Energy Plants set-up during 12 th Five  Year Plan Period (2012-13 to 2016-17).

| Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   | Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   | Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   | Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   | Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   | Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   | Functionality status - Biomass &Waste to Energy Plants   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                                  | States                                                   | Total plants inspected (Numbers)                         | Non Operational plants (Numbers)                         | Operational plants (Numbers)                             | %of Non Operational plants                               | %of Operational plants                                   |
| 1                                                        | Chhattisgarh                                             | 4                                                        | 0                                                        | 4                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
| 2                                                        | Haryana                                                  | 5                                                        | 0                                                        | 5                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
| 3                                                        | Karnataka                                                | 4                                                        | 3                                                        | 1                                                        | 75                                                       | 25                                                       |
| 4                                                        | Maharashtra                                              | 6                                                        | 0                                                        | 6                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
| 5                                                        | Punjab                                                   | 6                                                        | 0                                                        | 6                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
| 6                                                        | Rajasthan                                                | 1                                                        | 0                                                        | 1                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
| 7                                                        | Tamil Nadu                                               | 5                                                        | 3                                                        | 2                                                        | 60                                                       | 40                                                       |
| 8                                                        | West Bengal                                              | 2                                                        | 0                                                        | 2                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
| 9                                                        | Uttar Pradesh                                            | 2                                                        | 0                                                        | 2                                                        | 0                                                        | 100                                                      |
|                                                          | Total                                                    | 35                                                       | 6                                                        | 29                                                       | 17%                                                      | 83%                                                      |

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## ANNEXURE-III, REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 361   FOR ANSWERING ON  19/03/2020 ON 'BIO-GAS PLANTS'

Overall functionality status of Biogas Plants set-up during 12 th Five Year Plan Period (2012-13 to 2016-17) under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP).

| Functionality status - Biogas Plants   | Functionality status - Biogas Plants   | Functionality status - Biogas Plants   | Functionality status - Biogas Plants   | Functionality status - Biogas Plants   | Functionality status - Biogas Plants   | Functionality status - Biogas Plants   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                | States                                 | Total plants inspected (Numbers)       | Not Operating plants (Numbers)         | Operating plants (Numbers)             | %of Not- Operating plants              | %of Operating plants                   |
| 1                                      | Assam                                  | 1345                                   | 129                                    | 1216                                   | 9.6%                                   | 90.4%                                  |
| 2                                      | Chhattisgarh                           | 539                                    | 46                                     | 493                                    | 8.5%                                   | 91.5%                                  |
| 3                                      | Gujarat                                | 487                                    | 7                                      | 480                                    | 1.4%                                   | 98.6%                                  |
| 4                                      | Kerala                                 | 577                                    | 2                                      | 575                                    | 0.3%                                   | 99.7%                                  |
| 5                                      | Maharashtra                            | 2747                                   | 4                                      | 2743                                   | 0.1%                                   | 99.9%                                  |
| 6                                      | Odisha                                 | 657                                    | 31                                     | 626                                    | 4.7%                                   | 95.3%                                  |
| 7                                      | Punjab                                 | 1405                                   | 1                                      | 1404                                   | 0.1%                                   | 99.9%                                  |
| 8                                      | Rajasthan                              | 132                                    | 1                                      | 131                                    | 0.8%                                   | 99.2%                                  |
| 9                                      | Sikkim                                 | 32                                     | 8                                      | 24                                     | 25%                                    | 75%                                    |
| 10                                     | Telangana                              | 947                                    | 85                                     | 862                                    | 9%                                     | 91%                                    |
|                                        | Total                                  | 8868                                   | 314                                    | 8554                                   | 3.5%                                   | 96.5%                                  |

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## ANNEXURE-IV, REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c), (d) & (e) OF  THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 361 FOR ANSWERING ON 19/03/2020 ON 'BIO-GAS PLANTS'

State/UT-wise  and  State  Programme  Implementing  Agency-wise  (including  KVIC  &  NDDB) Physical Targets allocated for setting up of small biogas plants under NNBOMP during  the year 2019-20.

| Sl.   | State/ UT         | State / UT         | Target (Numbers of biogas plants)   | Target (Numbers of biogas plants)   | Target (Numbers of biogas plants)   | Total Nos. of   |
|-------|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|
| No.   |                   | PIA                | General                             | S.C.                                | S.T.                                | Biogas Plants   |
| (1)   | (2)               | (3)                | (4)                                 | (5)                                 | (6)                                 | (7)             |
| 1     | Andhra Pradesh    | NREDCAP            | 2500                                | 500                                 | 1000                                | 4000            |
| 2     | Arunachal Pradesh | APEDA              | 100                                 | -                                   | 100                                 | 200             |
| 3     | Assam             | FDA (S F)          | 4000                                | 400                                 | 600                                 | 5000            |
| 4     | Bihar             | RDD                | 500                                 | 500                                 | -                                   | 1000            |
| 5     | Chhattisgarh      | CREDA              | 3000                                | 1000                                | 1500                                | 5500            |
| 6     | Goa               | Agri Deptt.        | 200                                 | 100                                 | -                                   | 300             |
| 7     | Gujarat           | GAIC Ltd.          | 1000                                | 600                                 | 1000                                | 2600            |
| 8     | Haryana           | Agriculture Deptt. | 1500                                | 300                                 | 200                                 | 2000            |
|       |                   | RDD                | 800                                 | 400                                 | --                                  | 1200            |
| 9     | Himachal Pradesh  | RDD                | 200                                 | 100                                 | 100                                 | 400             |
| 10    | J&K               | RDD                | 200                                 | 100                                 | 100                                 | 400             |
| 11    | Jharkhand         | RDD                | 300                                 | 200                                 | 200                                 | 700             |
| 12    | Karnataka         | RDPRD              | 6000                                | 700                                 | 300                                 | 7000            |
| 13    | Kerala            | Agriculture        | 1000                                | 100                                 | --                                  | 1100            |
| 14    | Madhya Pradesh    | RDD MPSAIDC        | 800 4000                            | 400                                 | 200                                 | 1400 5800       |
| 15    | Maharashtra       | RDD                | 6500                                | 800                                 | 1000                                | 8500            |
| 16    | Manipur           | RDD                | 100                                 | 1200 --                             | 800 100                             | 200             |
| 17    | Meghalaya         |                    | 100                                 | --                                  | 400                                 | 500             |
|       |                   | MNREDA             |                                     |                                     |                                     |                 |
| 18 19 | Mizoram Nagaland  | DA&V RDD           | 100 100                             | -- --                               | 300 200                             | 400 300         |
| 20    | Odisha            | OREDA              | 800                                 | 400                                 | 300                                 | 1500            |
| 21    | Punjab            | PEDA               | 4000                                | 500                                 | --                                  | 4500            |
| 22    | Puducherry        | RDD                | 200                                 | --                                  | --                                  | 200 3300        |
| 23    | Rajasthan         | RDD SREDA          | 2500 100                            | 400                                 | 400 200                             | 300             |
| 24 25 | Sikkim Tamil Nadu | RDPRD              | 500                                 | -- 300                              | 200                                 | 1000            |
| 26    | Telangana         | RDD                | 500                                 | 300                                 | 200                                 | 1000            |
| 27    | Tripura           | TREDA              | 100                                 | 200                                 | 200                                 | 500             |
| 28    | Uttar Pradesh     | UPNEDA             | 1000                                | 500                                 | --                                  | 1500            |
| 29    | Uttarakhand       | UREDA              | 400                                 | 100                                 | --                                  | 500             |
|       |                   | RDD                | 600                                 | 100                                 | 100                                 | 800             |
| 30    | West Bengal       | RDD                | 500                                 | 100                                 | 200                                 | 800             |
| 31    | A &NIsland        | RDPRD              | --                                  | 100                                 | 100                                 | 200             |
| 32    | Dadar &Nagar H.   | RDPRD              | --                                  | 100                                 | 100                                 | 200             |
| 33    | All States        | KVIC               | 5000                                | 1200                                | 1000                                | 7200            |
|       | Total             |                    | 52200                               | 12200                               | 11600                               | 76000           |

## ANNEXURE-V,  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 361 FOR ANSWERING ON 19/03/2020 ON 'BIO-GAS PLANTS'

State-wise details of installed capacity and numbers of Waste-to-Energy plants set up for generation of Biogas, Bio-CNG and Power in the country, and plants set up under Biogas Power Generation (Off-grid) & Thermal energy applications   Programme (BPGTP), as on 29.02.2020.

| Sl.N o.   | Name of State/ UTs   | Biogas generation   | Bio-CNG generation         | Power generation (based on Biomethanation and Thermal Technologies)   | Biogas Power/thermal energy gen.   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|           |                      | (A) M 3 /day of     | (B) Kg/day (No. of plants) | (C) MW (No. of plants)                                                | (D) MWe (No. of plants)            |
|           | State/UT             | (No. plants)        | -                          | 40.82(15)                                                             | 0.466(33)                          |
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh       | 90,540 (7)          |                            |                                                                       |                                    |
| 2         | Bihar                | 12,000 (1)          | -                          | -                                                                     | -                                  |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh         | -                   | -                          | 0.33 (1)                                                              | -                                  |
| 4         | Delhi                | -                   | -                          | 52.00 (3)                                                             | -                                  |
| 5         | Gujarat              | 24,800( 4)          | 28338 (5)                  | 11.275 (10)                                                           | 0.020 (01)                         |
| 6         | Haryana              | -                   | 4250 (3)                   | 4.0 (2)                                                               | 0.135(02)                          |
| 7         | Himachal Pradesh     | 12,000 (1)          | -                          | -                                                                     | -                                  |
| 8         | Karnataka            | 58,060 (3)          | 9521 (3)                   | 7.8(5)                                                                | 1.570(66)                          |
| 9         | Kerala               | 2,760 (1)           | -                          | -                                                                     | 0.124(38)                          |
| 10        | Madhya Pradesh       | 27,014 (5)          | 1,200 (1)                  | 15.4 (3)                                                              | 0.095(9)                           |
| 11        | Maharashtra          | 1,09636 (10)        | 27,723 (4)                 | 28.713 (15)                                                           | 0.826(43)                          |
| 13        | Odisha               | -                   | -                          | -                                                                     | 0.006(01)                          |
| 12        | Punjab               | 34800 (5)           | 1,847 (1)                  | 14.92(7)                                                              | 0.922(32)                          |
| 13        | Rajasthan            | -                   | 4,000 (2)                  | 3.0 (1)                                                               | 0.0075(01)                         |
| 14        | Tamil Nadu           | 1,50218 (28)        | -                          | 10.45(6)                                                              | 1.971(38)                          |
| 15        | Telangana            | 37,100 (5)          | -                          | 19.5(4)                                                               | 0.208(5)                           |
| 16        | Uttar Pradesh        | 62,320 (6)          | 2,000 (1)                  | 44.63 (22)                                                            | 0.758(40)                          |
| 17        | Uttarakhand          | 67,260 (5)          | 5,880 (2)                  | 1.89 (2)                                                              | 0.073(10)                          |
| 18        | West Bengal          | 14,000(2)           | -                          | -                                                                     | 0.060(01)                          |
|           | Total                | 7,02,508 (83)       | 84,759 (22)                | 254.73 (96)                                                           | 7.242 (320)                        |

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