Lok Sabha Question No. 2831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Bio-Gas Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2831

ANSWERED ON-05/08/2021

## BIO-GAS PLANTS

## 2831. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM

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

- (a) the details of number of Bio-gas plants, State/UT-wise including Gujarat;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to increase the number of plants in this financial year in Gujarat;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether there is any provision for households to get  financial  or  technical  assistance for  cattle  dung based  plants;
- (e) if so, the details thereof? and
- (f) the details of beneficiaries which have used the said assistance, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The  State  /  UT  wise  number  of  family  size  biogas  plants  established  under  MNRE's schemes, including in the State of Gujarat, are given in Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c) The scheme for family size biogas plants has been proposed for continuation beyond 31.03.2021 i.e. from Financial Year 2021-22 to 2025-26.  The target for State of Gujarat for the year  2021-22  will  be  allocated  based  on  the  need  and  demand  raised  by  the  State  once  the scheme is approved for continuation.
- (d) & (e) Ministry had been providing the Central Finance Assistance (CFA) of Rs. 7500/- to Rs. 35,000/- per plant for supporting family-size biogas plants (1 to 25 m3 biogas per day).
- (f)  The  State-wise  cumulative  number  of  family  size  biogas  plants  installed  in  the  country  as  on 31.03.2021 (State /UT wise) is given in Annexure-I.

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## REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.2831, Part (a) & (f) TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021 ON 'BIO-GAS PLANTS'.

The State/UT-wise details of number of family size biogas plants established from year 1981-82 to 2020-21 are given as under:

| S N   | State/ Union Territories   |   Cumulative achievement up to 31/03/2021 (Nos. of biogas plants) |
|-------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.    | Andhra Pradesh             |                                                            560816 |
| 2.    | Arunachal Pradesh          |                                                              3621 |
| 3.    | Assam                      |                                                            139414 |
| 4.    | Bihar                      |                                                            129961 |
| 5.    | Chhattisgarh               |                                                             60400 |
| 6.    | Goa                        |                                                              4234 |
| 7.    | Gujarat                    |                                                            435803 |
| 8.    | Haryana                    |                                                             64010 |
| 9.    | Himachal Pradesh           |                                                             47718 |
| 10.   | Jammu &Kashmir             |                                                              3201 |
| 11.   | Jharkhand                  |                                                              7858 |
| 12.   | Karnataka                  |                                                            512729 |
| 13.   | Kerala                     |                                                            154098 |
| 14.   | Madhya Pradesh             |                                                            379426 |
| 15.   | Maharashtra                |                                                            928686 |
| 16.   | Manipur                    |                                                              2128 |
| 17.   | Meghalaya                  |                                                             10659 |
| 18.   | Mizoram                    |                                                              5857 |
| 19.   | Nagaland                   |                                                              7953 |
| 20.   | Odisha                     |                                                            271871 |
| 21.   | Punjab                     |                                                            187560 |
| 22.   | Rajasthan                  |                                                             72812 |
| 23.   | Sikkim                     |                                                              9044 |
| 24.   | Tamil Nadu                 |                                                            224037 |
| 25.   | Telangana                  |                                                             19764 |
| 26.   | Tripura                    |                                                              3744 |
| 27.   | Uttar Pradesh              |                                                            441161 |
| 28.   | Uttarakhand                |                                                            365188 |
| 29.   | West Bengal                |                                                              1249 |
| 30.   | A&N Islands                |                                                                97 |
| 31.   | Chandigarh                 |                                                               169 |
| 32.   | Dadra &Nagar Haveli        |                                                               681 |
| 33.   | Delhi/ New Delhi           |                                                               578 |
| 34.   | Puducherry                 |                                                             17541 |
|       | Total                      |                                                           5074068 |