Lok Sabha Question No. 3741 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Working of Bio-gas 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. 3741

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## WORKING OF BIO-GAS PLANTS

## 3741. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up any mechanism to ascertain that the installed bio-gas plants are working smoothly; and
- (b) the details of the bio-gas plants installed in Madhya Pradesh so far, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a)  Under  the  Biogas  Programme  of  the  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy,    5  years warranty for the biogas plants has to be provided by the turnkey workers (TKW)/ Biogas plant installer, which includes Operation and Maintenance Services of the biogas plants for desired operations. Any complaints lodged by the biogas user are to be attended by the TKW/ installer within a time period of one week.  The Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for the installed biogas plants is released only after 100 % verification by officials of the Biogas Programme Implementation Agency. The Biogas Development and Training Centers (BDTC) setup under the  Programme  conduct  user's  training  progammes  at  village  level  for  creating  awareness, effective use of biogas, smooth and trouble-free operations by the biogas users.
- (b) The district wise details of the small bio-gas plants installed in Madhya Pradesh are given at Annexure-I.

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## REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  THE  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3741 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023 ON 'WORKING OF BIO-GAS PLANTS'

The number of small biogas plants set up in the state of Madhya Pradesh are given as under:

|   S N | Name of Districts   |   Number of small Biogas Plants installed (From 2008-09 to 2022-23*) |
|-------|---------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Agar Malwa          |                                                                  516 |
|     2 | Alirajpur           |                                                                  635 |
|     3 | Anooppur            |                                                                 1284 |
|     4 | Ashoknagar          |                                                                  847 |
|     5 | Balaghat            |                                                                12029 |
|     6 | Barwani             |                                                                 1390 |
|     7 | Betul               |                                                                 2504 |
|     8 | Bhind               |                                                                 1056 |
|     9 | Bhopal              |                                                                  828 |
|    10 | Burhanpur           |                                                                  252 |
|    11 | Chhatarpur          |                                                                 1512 |
|    12 | Chhindwara          |                                                                 2671 |
|    13 | Damoh               |                                                                  890 |
|    14 | Datia               |                                                                  689 |
|    15 | Dewas               |                                                                 2893 |
|    16 | Dhar                |                                                                 5521 |
|    17 | Dindori             |                                                                  434 |
|    18 | Guna                |                                                                 2690 |
|    19 | Gwalior             |                                                                  947 |
|    20 | Harda               |                                                                 1471 |
|    21 | Hoshangabad         |                                                                 1920 |
|    22 | Indore              |                                                                 1563 |
|    23 | Jabalpur            |                                                                  653 |
|    24 | Jhabua              |                                                                 1019 |
|    25 | Katni               |                                                                 1218 |
|    26 | Khandwa             |                                                                 1849 |
|    27 | Khargone            |                                                                 6937 |
|    28 | Mandla              |                                                                 2159 |
|    29 | Mandsaur            |                                                                 2763 |
|    30 | Morena              |                                                                 1711 |
|    31 | Narsinghpur         |                                                                 1186 |
|    32 | Neemuch             |                                                                  543 |
|    33 | Nibadi              |                                                                   28 |
|    34 | Panna               |                                                                  396 |
|    35 | Raisen              |                                                                 1267 |

| 36   | Rajgarh       | 2424   |
|------|---------------|--------|
| 37   | Ratlam        | 2257   |
| 38   | Rewa          | 736    |
| 39   | Sagar         | 2791   |
| 40   | Satna         | 1425   |
| 41   | Sehore        | 3444   |
| 42   | Seoni         | 7360   |
| 43   | Shahdol       | 1210   |
| 44   | Shajapur      | 2357   |
| 45   | Shivpuri      | 1454   |
| 46   | Shoepur Kalan | 227    |
| 47   | Sidhi         | 849    |
| 48   | Singaroli     | 213    |
| 49   | Tikamgarh     | 1148   |
| 50   | Ujjain        | 1795   |
| 51   | Umaria        | 532    |
| 52   | Vidisha       | 951    |
|      | Total         | 97,444 |

(* upto the month of February, 2023)