Lok Sabha Question No. 276 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Bio-energy from Waste
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *276 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/12/2019

## BIO-ENERGY FROM WASTE

*276. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

## Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  Research  and  Development  work  done  by  the  Government  for generating  bio-energy  from  the  Municipal  Solid  Waste  (MSW)  and  Municipal Liquid Waste (MLW);
- (b) whether the Government has achieved any progress in developing cost-effective bio-fuels,  enzymes/  micro-organisms  for  higher  yield  of  bio-fuels,  advance  biofuels and value added products from by-products;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is working on a pilot project to generate bio-energy from waste in garbage landfills; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  potential  and  opportunities  to  scale-up generation of bio-energy from garbage landfills?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, EARTH SCIENCES AND H&FW (DR. HARSH  VARDHAN)

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

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STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *276 FROM SHRI  DUSHYANT  SINGH  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  06/12/2019  REGARDING  'BIOENERGY FROM WASTE'

- (a) The Government of India has supported R&D projects and demonstration activities under 'Swachh Bharat Mission' across the country for developing and demonstrating technologies for sustainable utilization of municipal solid waste (MSW) and municipal liquid  waste  (MLW)  for  generating  bio-energy  in  the  form  of  biogas,  bio-fuels,  byproducts etc. using smart combination of chemical and biological technologies.
-  In addition, R&D  projects for technology development are also being supported at different research Institutions, Universities, Start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises.
-  Three  demonstration  projects  have  been  supported  at  DBT-ICT  Center, Mumbai,  Birla  Institute  of  Technology  and  Science  (BITS)  Goa  and  Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.
-  DBT-ICT  Centre  for  Energy  Biosciences,  Mumbai  is  implementing  R&D programme for generating bio-energy from the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Municipal Liquid Waste (MLW).
- (b)  &  (c)    Substantial leads have been achieved in developing cost effective bio-fuels, enzymes/  microorganisms  for  higher  yield  of  bio-fuels  and  value  added products from by-products through R&D interventions of Government. Some of the important leads are as follows:
-  An integrated 2G ethanol technology with onsite enzyme production has been developed at pilot scale from  agricultural biomass  such as rice straw, wheat straw and bagasse.
-  The first indigenous  enzyme technology has been developed for pretreatment of different biomass for 2G ethanol production.  The technology now has been transferred to an oil marketing company for setting up of a commercial scale plant.
-  Technology  for  production  of  value  added  products  such  as  lactic  acid, levulinic  acid,  Poly  hydroxyl  alkanoids  (PHA)  from  the  by-products  of  2G ethanol process has been developed.
-  Wastewater  treatment  technology  using  microalgal  biomass  to  produce  biocrude oil has been developed.
- (d)  &  (e)  No  such  proposal  to  generate  bio-energy  from  waste  in  existing  garbage landfills is under consideration.