Lok Sabha Question No. 2809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Financial Assistance for Bio-Energy Programme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Basavaraj Bommai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2809

ANSWERED ON 17.12.2025

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BIO-ENERGY PROGRAMME

## 2809. SHRI BASAVARAJ BOMMAI

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

- (a) whether the Government is granting financial assistance under Bio-Energy Programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the guidelines have been notified for the development of bio-energy projects in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details of steps taken by the Government for the development of bioenergy in the country during the last ten years; and
- (d) the details of new bio-energy projects installed during the last ten years in the country, State-wise particularly in the State of Karnataka and the steps proposed to promote the new projects?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) to (c) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy supports installation of Bioenergy Projects in the country under National Bioenergy Programme (NBP), Phase-I, which was notified on 02.11.2022, with a budget outlay of Rs. 998 Crore, for the period 2022-23 to 2025-26. The details of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) provided is given at Annexure-I.

During the last ten years, the Government has been supporting Bioenergy Projects through various  Schemes,  namely National  Biogas  and  Manure  Management  Programme (NBMMP)  during  12 th   Five  Year  Plan, New  National  Biogas  &  Organic  Manure Programme (NNBOMP) from 2018-19 to 2020-21, Scheme to support promotion of Grid interactive Biomass Power and Bagasse cogeneration in sugar mills during 12 th Plan Period, Programme on Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Wastes /Residues during  12 th Plan  period, Scheme  to  support  Promotion  of  Biomass  based Cogeneration in Sugar Mills and other Industries in the Country from 2018-19 to 202021.

(d) The details of bioenergy projects installed in the country during the last ten years, Statewise, including in the State of Karnataka is given at Annexure-II. Further, new bioenergy projects are being promoted under the NBP Phase-I.

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## Annexure-I

## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2809, Part (a)  to  (c)  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  17.12.2025  on ' Financial  Assistance  for  Bio-Energy Programme ' .

## The existing CFA Support for setting up of Bioenergy Projects in the country under National Bioenergy Programme is given as under:

| Waste to Energy Programme                  | CFA in Rs Crore                                                                                                                                                                          |
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Biogas generation                          | Rs 0.25 Crore per 12000cum/day                                                                                                                                                           |
| BioCNG generation                          | Rs 4.0 Crore per 4800 kg/day (for BioCNG generation from new biogas plant) Rs 3.0 Crore per 4800 kg/day (for BioCNG generation from existing Biogas plant)                               |
| Power generation based on Biogas           | Rs 0.75 Crore/MW (for power generation from new biogas plant) Rs 0.5 Crore/MW (for power generation from existing Biogas plant)                                                          |
| Power based on bio &agro- industrial waste | Rs 0.4 Crore/MW                                                                                                                                                                          |
| Biomass Gasifier                           | Rs. 2,500 per kWe with dual fuel engines for electrical application Rs. 15,000 per kWe with 100% gas engines for electrical application Rs. 2 lakh per 300 kWth for thermal applications |

| Biomass Programme                        | CFA                                                                                                                                                                        |
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Briquette manufacturing plants           | Rs. 9.00 Lakhs/ TPH (Maximum CFA- Rs. 45.00 Lakh per project).                                                                                                             |
| Non-Torrefied Pellet manufacturing plant | Rs. 21 lakhs/MTPH production capacity or 30% of the capital cost considered for plant and machinery of 1 TPH plant, whichever is lower (Maximum Rs. 105 lakhs per project) |
| Torrefied Pellet manufacturing plant     | Rs. 42 lakhs/MTPH production capacity or 30% of the capital cost considered for plant and machinery of 1 TPH plant, whichever is lower (Maximum Rs. 210 lakhs per project) |

| Non-Bagasse Cogeneration Projects   | Rs. 40 Lakhs/ Megawatt Maximum CFA- Rs. 5.00 Crore per project).   |
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Biogas Programme                                                                         | CFA                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| For small biogas plants (1-25 cubic meter/day plant capacity):                           | Rs. 9,800/- to Rs. 70,400/- per plant based on size of the plant in cubic meter                                                                                                                                                                     |
| For Power generation and thermal application (25 - 2500 cubic meter/day plant capacity): | Rs. 35,000/- to Rs. 45,000/- per kilowatt for power generation Rs. 17,500/- to Rs. 22,500/- per kilowatt equivalent for thermal applications. Note: 20% higher than Standard CFA in for NER, Island, Registered Gaushalas and SC/ST beneficiaries); |

## Annexure-II

REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2809, Part  (d)  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  17.12.2025  on ' Financial  Assistance  for  Bio-Energy Programme ' .

The details of bioenergy projects installed in the country during the last ten years including in the State of Karnataka is given as under:

|         |                                       | Biomass Projects   | Waste to Energy Projects   | Biogas Plants   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
| Sl No 1 | State Andhra Pradesh                  | Capacity (MW)      | Capacity (MWe) 35.95       | Nos 28505       |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh                     | 35.1               | 0                          | 349             |
|         |                                       | 0                  |                            |                 |
| 3       | Assam                                 | 2                  | 0                          | 23612           |
| 4       | Bihar                                 | 39.8               | 0.32                       | 236             |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh                          | 54                 | 0                          | 11030           |
| 6       | Goa                                   | 0                  | 1                          | 140             |
| 7       | Gujarat                               | 12                 | 15.2                       | 5427            |
| 8       | Haryana                               | 87.4               | 17.39                      | 3487            |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                      | 1.5                | 0                          | 294             |
| 10      | Jharkhand                             | 14.8               | 1.04                       | 545             |
| 11      | Karnataka                             | 536.81             | 8.41                       | 34657           |
| 12      | Kerala                                | 1.55               | 0.23                       | 9639            |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh                        | 31.2               | 5.86                       | 32120           |
| 14      | Maharashtra                           | 1073.5             | 24.26                      | 71653           |
| 15      | Manipur                               | 0                  | 0                          | 25              |
| 16      | Meghalaya                             | 0                  | 0                          | 867             |
| 17      | Mizoram                               | 0                  | 0                          | 648             |
| 18      | Nagaland                              | 0                  | 0                          | 102             |
| 19      | Odisha                                | 0.6                | 0                          | 5966            |
| 20      | Punjab                                | 140.29             | 21.77                      | 19288           |
| 21      | Rajasthan                             | 19.85              | 1.19                       | 2404            |
| 22      | Sikkim                                | 0                  | 0                          | 170             |
| 23      | Tamil Nadu                            | 112.55             | 8.68                       | 1740            |
| 24      | Telangana                             | 4.03               | 9.79                       | 11159           |
| 25      | Tripura                               | 0                  | 0                          | 546             |
| 26      | Uttarakhand                           | 12.5               | 6.89                       | 8362            |
| 27      | Uttar Pradesh                         | 146.6              | 41.34                      | 3594            |
| 28      | West Bengal                           | 31.6               | 4.06                       | 851             |
| 29      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands           | 0                  | 0                          | 0               |
| 30      | Chandigarh                            | 0                  | 0                          | 0               |
| 31      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu | 3.75               | 0                          | 18              |
| 32      | NCT of Delhi                          | 0                  | 24.17                      | 0               |

| 33   | Jammu &Kashmir   |       0 |      0 |    101 |
|------|------------------|---------|--------|--------|
| 34   | Ladakh           |    0    |   0    |      0 |
| 35   | Lakshadweep      |    0    |   0    |      0 |
| 36   | Puducherry       |    0    |   0    |      0 |
| 37   | Others           |    0    |   0    |  10544 |
|      | Total            | 2361.43 | 227.56 | 288079 |