Lok Sabha Question No. 1979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Subsidies offered to set up Biogas Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1979

ANSWERED ON-22/09/2020

## SUBSIDIES OFFERED TO SET UP BIOGAS PLANTS

## 1979. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE

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

(a) the total number of small, medium and large biogas plants that have been installed, State-wise including Rajasthan;

(b) the details of the incentives/subsidies offered to farmers/dairy farmers to set up biogas plants  in  rural  areas  to  fulfill  the  stated  objectives  of  the  New  National  Biogas  Organic Manure Programme (NNBOMP) to meet the thermal and small power needs of the above along  with  the  mechanism  by  which  such  incentives  are  being  made  available  to  them;

(c)whether the beneficiaries are identified for subsidies which are disbursed after the completion and commissioning of biogas plants and if so, the details thereof;and

(d)  the  details  of  national  and  State-wise  proposals  to  structure  the  disbursal  of  subsidies such that they are at least partially disbursed to meet the initial upfront cost of setting up a bio gas plant, with the remainder being disbursed upon completion?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) The state - wise details of small, medium and large biogas plants installed upto June, 2020 including Rajasthan State are given as under: -

- (i)  Total  number  of  small  biogas  plants  (1  to  25  M 3 per  day)  installed  under  the  New National Biogas Organic Manure Programme: 50.56 Lakh;
- (ii)Total  number  medium  size  biogas  plants  (30  to  2500  M 3 per  day)  installed  under Biogas Power Generation (Off-grid) & Thermal Energy Application Programme: 321 numbers ; and
- (iii)  Total  number of  large size  biogas plants  (above 2500 M 3 per  day)  installed  under Programme  on  Energy  from  Urban,  Industrial,  Agricultural  Wastes/  Residues  & Municipal Solid Waste: 110 numbers .

The State/UT-wise number of biogas plants installed in the country are given in

## Annexure-I.

(b) Central Financial Assistance under New National Biogas Organic Manure Programme varies from Rs. 7,500 to Rs. 35,000 per biogas plant, depending on the size (1 to 25 cubic Metre) of the plant; the State and whether the beneficiary belongs to the SC/ST categories (i.e. General and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled  Tribes).  There is provision of additional subsidy  ranging  from  Rs.3000/-  to  Rs.4000/  per  Biogas  plant  for  use  of  100%  biogas engines/genset. Further,  an  additional  subsidy  of  Rs.  1600/-  per  cattle  dung  based  biogas plant is given, if the plant is linked with sanitary toilets for individual households.

- (c)  Beneficiaries  are  identified  as  per  approved  norms  of  NNBOMP  by  the  State Implementing  Agencies.  After  successful  commissioning,  onsite  physical  verification  of biogas plant is done by the concerned State Implementing Agency. The applicable subsidy amount  is  then  disbursed  to  the  beneficiary's  bank  account  via  Direct  Benefit  Transfer (DBT) mode.

(d) The existing scheme provides for disbursement of subsidy post commissioning of the Biogas plant.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1979 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020 ON 'SUBSIDIES OFFERED TO SET UP BIOGAS PLANTS'.

- (a) State-wise total number of small biogas plants (in the size range 1-25 M 3 ) under the  National  Biogas  Manure  Management  Program/  New  National  Biogas Organic Manure Programme.
- (b) State-wise total number of medium size biogas plants (in the size range 30-2500 M 3 ) under Biogas Power Generation (Off-grid) and Thermal Energy Application Programme (BPGTP) up to June, 2020.
- (c) State-wise  total  number  of  large  size  (above  2500  M 3 per  day)  biogas  plants under  Programme  on  Energy  from  Urban,  Industrial,  Agricultural  Wastes/ Residues & Municipal Solid Waste up to June, 2020.

| S N   | State/ Union Territories   | Small biogas plants established (up to June 2020)   |
|-------|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh             | 558962                                              |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh          | 3609                                                |
| 3.    | Assam                      | 138483                                              |
| 4.    | Bihar                      | 129925                                              |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh               | 59850                                               |
| 6.    | Goa                        | 4226                                                |
| 7.    | Gujarat                    | 435272                                              |
| 8.    | Haryana                    | 63433                                               |
| 9.    | Himachal Pradesh           | 47706                                               |
| 10.   | Jammu &Kashmir             | 3200                                                |
| 11.   | Jharkhand                  | 7823                                                |
| 12.   | Karnataka                  | 510916                                              |
| 13.   | Kerala                     | 153203                                              |
| 14.   | Madhya Pradesh             | 376558                                              |
| 15.   | Maharashtra                | 924111                                              |
| 16.   | Manipur                    | 2128                                                |
| 17.   | Meghalaya                  | 10659                                               |
| 18.   | Mizoram                    | 5856                                                |
| 19.   | Nagaland                   | 7953                                                |
| 20.   | Odisha                     | 271809                                              |
| 21.   | Punjab                     | 185998                                              |
| 22.   | Rajasthan                  | 72446                                               |
| 23.   | Sikkim                     | 9044                                                |
| 24.   | Tamil Nadu                 | 223894                                              |
| 25.   | Telangana                  | 19702                                               |
| 26.   | Tripura                    | 3710                                                |
| 27.   | Uttar Pradesh              | 440930                                              |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand                | 364582                                              |
| 29.   | West Bengal                | 1105                                                |
| 30.   | A&N Islands                | 97                                                  |
| 31.   | Chandigarh                 | 169                                                 |
| 32.   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        | 681                                                 |
| 33.   | Delhi/ New Delhi           | 578                                                 |
| 34.   | Puducherry                 | 17541                                               |
| Total | Total                      | 50,56,159                                           |

| S.No   | Name of the State   |   Numbers of plants |
|--------|---------------------|---------------------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh      |                  33 |
| 2      | Gujrat              |                  01 |
| 3      | Haryana             |                  02 |
| 4      | Karnataka           |                  66 |
| 5      | Maharashtra         |                  43 |
| 6      | Punjab              |                  32 |
| 7      | Rajasthan           |                  01 |
| 8      | Tamil Nadu          |                  38 |
| 9      | Uttarakhand         |                  10 |
| 10     | Uttar Pradesh       |                  40 |
| 11     | Madhya Pradesh      |                  09 |
| 12     | Chhattisgarh        |                   1 |
| 13     | Kerala              |                  38 |
| 14     | West Bengal         |                  01 |
| 15     | Odisha              |                  01 |
| 16     | Telangana           |                   5 |
|        | Total               |                 321 |

|     | States           |   Number of plants |
|-----|------------------|--------------------|
| 1.  | Andhra Pradesh   |                  7 |
| 2.  | Bihar            |                  1 |
| 3.  | Chhattisgarh     |                  1 |
| 4.  | Gujarat          |                 11 |
| 5.  | Haryana          |                  3 |
| 6.  | Himachal Pradesh |                  1 |
| 7.  | Karnataka        |                  6 |
| 8.  | Kerala           |                  1 |
| 9.  | Madhya Pradesh   |                  6 |
| 10. | Maharashtra      |                 15 |
| 11. | Punjab           |                  6 |
| 12. | Rajashtan        |                  2 |
| 13. | Tamil Nadu       |                 28 |
| 14. | Telangana        |                  5 |
| 15. | Uttar Pradesh    |                  7 |
| 16. | Uttarakhand      |                  8 |
| 17. | West Bengal      |                  2 |
|     | Total            |                110 |