Lok Sabha Question No. 4401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-27
Subject: Pradhan Mantri JIVAN Yojana
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Maddila Gurumoorthy

## LOK SABHA

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  March, 2025

## PRADHAN MANTRI JIVAN YOJANA

## 4401.   SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY:

## पेᮝोिलयम और ᮧाकृ ितक गैस मंᮢी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  specific  goals  that  the  Government  aims  to  achieve  with  the  increased budget for the Pradhan Mantri JIVAN Yojana and the manner in which progress would be tracked and reported;
- (b)  whether the schemes focusing on promoting biofuels and reducing oil imports align with the Government's  overall  energy  strategy  and  the  long-term  benefits  it  would  bring  to  the agricultural sector and the economy and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the details of the funds allocation including the share allocated for research, raw material procurement and financial support for project developers along with its utilisation?

## ANSWER

## पेᮝोिलयम और ᮧाकृ ितक गैस मंᮢालय मᱶ रा᭔य मंᮢी ( ᮰ी सुरेश गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a)  to  (c):  The  Government  has  been  promoting  the  blending  of  ethanol  in  petrol  under  the Ethanol  Blended  Petrol  (EBP)  Programme  with  multiple  objectives.  As  a  green  fuel,  ethanol supports  the  environmental  sustainability  efforts  of  the  Government.  It  reduces  dependence  on crude oil imports while saving foreign exchange and promotes the domestic agriculture sector.

EBP Programme has resulted in expeditious payment  to  farmers  of  more  than  Rs.1,04,000 crore from Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2014-15 up to January 2025, besides savings of more than Rs.1,20,000 crore of foreign exchange, net CO2 reduction of about 626 lakh metric tonnes and substitution of more than 200 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil.

To further facilitate ethanol production, the Government notified the "Pradhan Mantri JIVAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool Fasal Awashesh Nivaran) Yojana" in 2019, amended in 2024, with the objectives to establish advanced biofuels projects in the country using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstocks, provide remunerative income to farmers for their otherwise waste agriculture residues, create rural and urban employment opportunities, address  concerns  of  environmental  pollution  caused  by  burning  of  biomass/agriculture  residue, reduce soil and water pollution from municipal solid waste, contribute to Swacch Bharat Mission, help  in  meeting  the  target  envisaged  in  Ethanol  Blended  Petrol  (EBP)  programme,  reduce dependence on crude oil import, etc.

The  PM  JI-VAN  scheme  outlines  an  institutional  mechanism  to  track  and  report  the projects  under  the  scheme  for  their  selection,  evaluation,  and  implementation.  The  Scientific

Advisory Committee of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) is the nodal body for recommending the eligible projects under the scheme and Centre for High Technology (CHT), a body  under  MoPNG,  is  the  nodal  implementing  agency.  Projects  are  approved  by  Steering Committee of CHT for grant of financial assistance under the scheme. Progress of the projects are periodically reviewed to ensure their compliance with guidelines to safeguard the interest of the Government and ensure timely completion of the projects.

The total financial outlay for PM JI-VAN is Rs. 1,969.50 crore, of which Rs. 1,800 crore is allocated for commercial-scale advanced biofuel projects and Rs. 150 crore for demonstrationscale advanced biofuel projects. The total cost of the project inter-alia includes biomass supply chain and handling, technology charges, cost of the total equipment etc. The revised scheme has been extended by five years i.e., from 2023-24 to 2028-29, expanding eligibility to cover 'bolton' plants and 'brownfield projects', and replacing '2G ethanol' with advanced biofuels.

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