Lok Sabha Question No. 1317 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-09
Subject: Biogas Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1317

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023

## BIOGAS PLANTS

## 1317. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.

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

- (a) whether the Government has any scheme to make biogas available in remote/rural areas of the country for cooking purposes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of villages where biogas plants have been set up during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise, particularly in Tamil Nadu; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to encourage the use of biogas cooking stoves in the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)&(b) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is supporting the installation of biogas  plants  and  its  use  as  source  of  alternative  fuels  for  cooking  purposes  in  the  country, including  rural  areas,  under  the  National  Biogas  Programme.  Under  this  scheme,  MNRE  is providing Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for setting up of biogas plants, ranging from Rs. 9800/- to Rs. 70,400/- per biogas plant based on size of the plant (1-25 cubic meter/day plant capacity)

- (c) The States wise details of villages where biogas plants have been set up during the last three years and the current year under the National Biogas Programme of MNRE are given at Annexure-I.
- (d) Under the National Biogas Programme, setting up of family type biogas plants and encouraging people towards use of biogas cooking stoves in the country is being popularized by following activities:
- I. Provisions of higher rates of CFA for setting up of individual household biogas in the (a) Hilly/North Eastern Region States (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &  Kashmir,  Ladakh,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland,  Sikkim,  Tripura  and Uttarakhand) (b) Island; and (c) Scheduled Castes (SC)/ Scheduled Tribes (ST).
- II. Supporting for construction, supervision, commissioning,  and free Operation and Maintenance warranty for 5 years trouble free operation of biogas plants.
- III. Financial assistance is being provided for conducting trainings for biogas users, biogas masons  &  officials  of  the  State  Programme  Implementing  Agencies  towards  wider dissemination of biogas plants and its usage and smooth operation and maintenance of biogas plants; Support for supervision of the installed biogas plants to enable effective implementation for biogas installation;
- IV. Additional  incentives  for  linking  the  cattle  dung  based  biogas  plants  with  (a)  sanitary toilets; and (b) Biogas slurry filter Unit.
- V. Incentive for saving fossil fuels  (diesel,  petrol, kerosene,  electricity  etc.)  to  farmers  by using biogas in 100% Biogas based Generator set / Biogas engine water Pumping System (BPS) for water pumping and meeting other small farm power needs from biogas; and
- VI. Support for using the cost effective improved designs of flexi small size house hold biogas plants.

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## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1317 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.02.2023 ON 'BIOGAS PLANTS'. Based on the information received by the Programme Implementing Agency of the States

The States wise details of villages where biogas plants have been set up during the last three years and the current year under the National Biogas Programme of MNRE are given as under:

| State/UTs         |   Number of villages where biogas plants have been set up during the last three financial years and current financial year* |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |                                                                                                                        1460 |
| Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                                                                          15 |
| Assam             |                                                                                                                         227 |
| Bihar             |                                                                                                                          55 |
| Chhattisgarh      |                                                                                                                         681 |
| Gujarat           |                                                                                                                          68 |
| Haryana           |                                                                                                                          61 |
| Himachal Pradesh  |                                                                                                                          29 |
| Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                                                                                           2 |
| Jharkhand         |                                                                                                                          35 |
| Karnataka         |                                                                                                                          45 |
| Kerala            |                                                                                                                        1175 |
| Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                                                                        4933 |
| Maharashtra       |                                                                                                                          94 |
| Odisha            |                                                                                                                         295 |
| Punjab            |                                                                                                                        1014 |
| Rajasthan         |                                                                                                                         257 |
| Tamil Nadu        |                                                                                                                          71 |
| Telangana         |                                                                                                                          33 |
| Tripura           |                                                                                                                         157 |
| Uttar Pradesh     |                                                                                                                         338 |
| Uttarakhand       |                                                                                                                          95 |
| West Bengal       |                                                                                                                          74 |