Lok Sabha Question No. 746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-21
Subject: Working of Biogas Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 746

ANSWERED ON 21.07.2022

## WORKING OF BIOGAS PLANTS

## +746. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up any system to ensure that the installed biogas plants are working smoothly; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

## (SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA)

(a)&(b) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had been supporting the installation of biogas plants under the New National Biogas and Organic Manure Programme (NNBOMP). The scheme has been continued beyond 31.03.2021 only for meeting the committed liabilities. Under this scheme, MNRE has been  providing assistance for supervision of the installed biogas plants  and  trainings  for  biogas  users,  biogas  masons  &  officials  of  the  State  Programme Implementing Agencies for smooth operation and maintenance of biogas plants.  For this, purpose, the ministry has created eight Biogas Development Training Centres.

MNRE had instituted a Third Party Evaluation Study to assess the functionality of the biogas plants installed during the period 2017-18 to 2019-20. The study conducted across 13 states of the country reported that about 96 % of the small biogas plants were functional.   The State wise Details  of  functionality  /operational  status  of  installed  small  biogas  plants  are  given  in Annexure I .

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## ANNEXURE-I,  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 746 FOR ANSWERING ON 21.07.2022 ON 'WORKING OF BIOGAS PLANTS'

The State wise Functionality /operational Status of Biogas Plants

| Sl No.      | States         |   Total | Not Operating   |   Operating | %of N.O.   | Operating (%)   |
|-------------|----------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|------------|-----------------|
| 1           | Assam          |     637 | 149             |         488 | 23%        | 77%             |
| 2           | Bihar          |      15 | 1               |          14 | 7%         | 93%             |
| 3           | Gujarat        |     201 | 8               |         193 | 4%         | 96%             |
| 4           | Jharkhand      |      20 | 4               |          16 | 20%        | 80%             |
| 5           | Karnataka      |    1377 | 30              |        1347 | 2%         | 98%             |
| 6           | Madhya Pradesh |     893 | -               |         893 | 0%         | 100%            |
| 7           | Maharashtra    |    2050 | 21              |        2029 | 1%         | 99%             |
| 8           | Meghalaya      |      24 | 1               |          23 | 4%         | 96%             |
| 9           | Mizoram        |      57 | 1               |          56 | 2%         | 98%             |
| 10          | Rajasthan      |      90 | -               |          90 | 0%         | 100%            |
| 11          | Tamil Nadu     |      75 | -               |          75 | 0%         | 100%            |
| 12          | Uttar Pradesh  |      72 | -               |          72 | 0%         | 100%            |
| 13          | Uttrakhand     |     285 | 1               |         284 | 0.4%       | 99.6%           |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    |    5796 | 216             |        5580 | 4%         | 96%             |