Lok Sabha Question No. 1462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-10
Subject: Biogas Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1462

ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022

## BIOGAS PLANTS

## 1462. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

- (a) the number of biogas plants set up during the last three years particularly in backward and rural regions of the country, State/ UT-wise;
- (b) the number of plants working and lying closed in the said regions at present;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up more such biogas plants in near future in various locations of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State/UT and location-wise; and
- (d) the quantum of funds allocated/sanctioned for the said purpose, state/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been supporting installation of small  biogas  plants  in  the  country  including  in  the  backward  and  rural  areas  under  New National Biogas and Organic Manure Programme (NNBOMP). Under this Scheme, a total 77480 number of small biogas plants have been set up during the last three years i.e. 201819,  2019-20  and  the  current  year  2020-21  in  the  country.  The  State/UT-wise  details  of installed biogas plants are given in Annexure-I.
- (b) MNRE had engaged M/s Spectrum Planning (India) Ltd; Faridabad for carrying out an independent  evaluation  study  to  assess  the  functionality  of  installed  biogas  plants  under NNBOMP during the period of three years form 2017-18 to 2019-20. As per their report, the average operational status of biogas plants in the country has been reported as 96 %.
- (c) to (e) The NNBOMP scheme to support setting up of biogas plants was valid till 31.03.2021. Beyond  31.03.2021,  the  Bio-energy  Programme  of  MNRE  including  NNBOMP  has  been continued for the period of year 2021-22 to 2025-26 only to meet the already created liabilities and no new projects are to be sanctioned.

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## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1462, Part (a) TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2022 ON 'BIOGAS PLANTS'.

The number of biogas plants set up during the last three years i.e. 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 in the country State/UT-wise is given as under:

| Sr No   | State/ Union Territories   |   Number of small biogas plants installed during F.Y. 2018-19 to 2020-21 |
|---------|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh             |                                                                     7305 |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh          |                                                                       69 |
| 3.      | Assam                      |                                                                      991 |
| 4.      | Bihar                      |                                                                      198 |
| 5.      | Chhattisgarh               |                                                                     3997 |
| 6.      | Goa                        |                                                                        8 |
| 7.      | Gujarat                    |                                                                      835 |
| 8.      | Haryana                    |                                                                     1735 |
| 9.      | Himachal Pradesh           |                                                                       73 |
| 10.     | Jammu &Kashmir             |                                                                        6 |
| 11.     | Jharkhand                  |                                                                       94 |
| 12.     | Karnataka                  |                                                                    15276 |
| 13.     | Kerala                     |                                                                     2499 |
| 14.     | Madhya Pradesh             |                                                                     8426 |
| 15.     | Maharashtra                |                                                                    23252 |
| 16.     | Manipur                    |                                                                        0 |
| 17.     | Meghalaya                  |                                                                      497 |
| 18.     | Mizoram                    |                                                                      401 |
| 19.     | Nagaland                   |                                                                        0 |
| 20.     | Odisha                     |                                                                      264 |
| 21.     | Punjab                     |                                                                     5677 |
| 22.     | Rajasthan                  |                                                                     1024 |
| 23.     | Sikkim                     |                                                                        0 |
| 24.     | Tamil Nadu                 |                                                                     1126 |
| 25.     | Telangana                  |                                                                      132 |
| 26.     | Tripura                    |                                                                       76 |
| 27.     | Uttar Pradesh              |                                                                      930 |
| 28.     | Uttarakhand                |                                                                     2273 |
| 29.     | West Bengal                |                                                                      316 |
|         | Total                      |                                                                    77480 |

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