Lok Sabha Question No. 5119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-04-02
Subject: Implementation of National Bio-energy Programme
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Shri Dilip Saikia, Shri Lumbaram Choudhary, Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Shri Arun Govil, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar, Shri Kota Srinivasa Poojary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5119

ANSWERED ON 02/04/2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL BIO-ENERGY PROGRAMME

5119. SHRI ARUN GOVIL

SHRI BASAVARAJ BOMMAI

SHRI KOTA SRINIVASA POOJARY

SMT. BHARTI PARDHI

SHRI DILIP SAIKIA

SHRI LUMBARAM CHOUDHARY

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE

SHRI KANWAR SINGH TANWAR

SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the major objectives and timelines set for the implementation of the National Bio-energy Programme (NBP);
- (b) the total installed capacity of Bio-energy across the country and the steps being taken to increase the same in future;
- (c) whether the Government has notified any guidelines for development of bio-energy projects across the country, if so, the details along with salient features thereof;
- (d) whether any special provisions have been made under the said programme in Gujarat, North-Eastern States and the Aspirational districts in the country particularly Sirohi and if so, the details thereof; (e)the details of financial assistance provided by the Government particularly during the last three years under the said programme;
- (f) the details of the steps taken by the Government during the last five years for the development of bioenergy across the country ; and
- (g) the details of bio-energy projects set up/being operated during the said period in the country, State-wise including Karnataka, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh particularly in Amroha Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)&(b) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has notified National Bioenergy Programme (NBP) along with guidelines on 02.11.2022 for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The details of the major objectives of the various components of the National Bioenergy Programme are given below:

- (i) Waste  to  Energy  Programme: Programme  on  Energy  from  Urban,  Industrial  and  Agricultural Wastes /Residues. This aims to support the setting up of Waste to Energy projects for generation of Biogas/ BioCNG/ Power/ producer or syngas from urban, industrial and agricultural wastes/residues.
- (ii) Biomass Programme: Scheme to Support Manufacturing of Briquettes & Pellets and Promotion of Biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration in Industries). This aims to support setting up of Biomass Briquette/Pellet  manufacturing  plants  and  to  support Biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration projects in Industries in the country. The broader objectives of the scheme are to reduce stubble burning by utilizing surplus agricultural residue, to provide additional source of income to farmers through  sale  of  surplus  agro  residue  and  to  enable  better  environmental  practices  and  reduce pollution.
- (iii) Biogas Programme : Programme to support setting up of small (1 m3 to 25 m3 biogas per day) and medium size Biogas plants (above 25 m3 to 2500 m3 biogas generation per day). This aims to support setting up of biogas plants for clean cooking fuel, lighting, meeting thermal and small power needs of users. Fermented Organic Manure produced from the digested slurry from biogas plants, benefits farmers in supplementing / reducing of use of chemical fertilizers.

The  details  of  Central  Financial  Assistance(CFA)  provided  under  the  Scheme  is  given  at Annexure-I.

The total cumulative installed capacity of Bio-energy projects across the country, is given at Annexure-II.

(c) MNRE has notified the guidelines of NBP on 02.11.2022 for the period from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The salient features of the Scheme are given as under:

- i. Online application for availing CFA under Bioenergy Programme.
- ii. Implementation through designated programme implementing agency.
- iii. Requirement of minimum documents at the time of application for grant of in principle approval.
- iv. Both Bank financed and self-financed projects are eligible for availing CFA.
- v. Grant of CFA for new plants as well as expansion of capacity of existing plants for the enhanced capacity.
- vi. Multiple Inspection Agencies for plant performance inspection before release of CFA.
- vii. Provision of service charge to implementing agency and inspection agency.
- viii. Provision of 20 % of higher than standard CFA under Waste to Energy Programme for Gaushalas, North-Eastern States, Islands and Hilly States.
- ix. Monitoring of plant performance through SCADA/ Remote Monitoring System.
- x. Provision of graded CFA pattern as per the plant performance.
- xi. Provision of higher than standard CFA under Biogas Programme for Gaushalas, NorthEastern States, Islands and Hilly States and beneficiaries of Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes.

(d) Yes. Special provisions have been made under Waste to Energy Programme and Biogas Programme components of the said programme for North-Eastern States. The component wise details are given below:

- i. Waste to Energy Programme, 20 % higher CFA is provided for installation of waste to energy plants in NER States.
- ii. Under the Biogas Programme, higher CFA is provided for installation of biogas plants in NER States.

The Scheme is implemented in the country including in Gujarat, North-Eastern States and the Aspirational districts in the country. However, for Gujarat and the Aspirational districts in the country particularly Sirohi, no special provisions have been made under the said programme.

- (e)  During the last three years, CFA amounting to Rs.240.1 Crore has been provided by the Government under the said programme.
- (f) & (g) Ministry has supported installation of Waste to Energy, Biomass and Biogas projects during the last five years. The details of bio-energy projects set up under the National Bioenergy Programme during the last five  years,  State-wise,  including  in  the  State  of  Karnataka,  Maharashtra  and  Madhya Pardesh is  given  at Annexure-IIIa,  IIIb  &  IIIc .  In  the  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Amroha,  one  Biomass(Non-bagasse) Cogeneration project has been set up at M/s Umang Dairies, Gajraula Hasanpur Road, Gajraula, Amroha with a capacity of 1.75 MW.

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## REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5119, Part (a) to (b), TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025 on 'Implementation of National Bioenergy Programme'.

## The existing CFA Support for setting up of Bioenergy Projects

| 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); |

REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5119, Part (a) to (b), TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025 on 'Implementation of National Bioenergy Programme'

The cumulative installed capacity added under the National Bioenergy Program is given as under:

| Name of the Scheme      | Cumulative Achievement as on 28.02.2025                                                                                  |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Waste to Energy Program | 711.29 MWeq                                                                                                              |
| Biomass Program         | 10743 MW(including Bagasse)                                                                                              |
| Biogas Program          | 51 Lakh small biogas plant (1-25 m 3 /day /day), 361 medium sized biogas Plants (above 25-2500 m 3 /day /day), 11.5 MWeq |

Annexure-IIIa

REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5119, Part (f) & (g) TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.04.2025 on 'Implementation of National Bioenergy Programme'.

The details of Waste to Energy Projects installed in the country in the last five years ( 2019-20 to 2023-24 ) is given as under:

| Sl No   | State          |   Nos. |   Installed Capacity (in MWeq) |
|---------|----------------|--------|--------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh |     13 |                          36.31 |
| 2       | Bihar          |      2 |                           0.32 |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh   |      1 |                           0.08 |
| 4       | Delhi          |      1 |                          25    |
| 5       | Goa            |      3 |                           1.94 |
| 6       | Gujarat        |     13 |                          17.43 |
| 7       | Haryana        |     10 |                          16.61 |
| 8       | Karnataka      |      7 |                           9.41 |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh |      7 |                           9.81 |
| 10      | Maharashtra    |     11 |                          18.37 |
| 11      | Punjab         |      8 |                          19.26 |
| 12      | Rajasthan      |      1 |                           0.56 |
| 13      | Tamil Nadu     |      7 |                           9.84 |
| 14      | Telangana      |     10 |                          38.34 |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh  |     24 |                          53.56 |
| 16      | Uttarakhand    |      3 |                           0.89 |
| 17      | West Bengal    |      5 |                           3.67 |
|         | Total          |    126 |                         261.4  |

## The details of Biomass Projects installed in the country in the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) is given as under:

| Sl No   | Name of the State   | No of Briquette/Pellets manufacturing Plants   | Capacity (MTPH)   | No of Cogeneration Projects   | Capacity (MW)   |
|---------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh      | -                                              | -                 | 1                             | 8               |
| 2       | Bihar               | -                                              | -                 | 1                             | 14.2            |
| 3       | Chhattisgarh        | -                                              | -                 | 3                             | 44              |
| 4       | Gujarat             | 3                                              | 8.5               | -                             | -               |
| 5       | Haryana             | 3                                              | 6.5               | 6                             | 52              |
| 6       | Jharkhand           | -                                              | -                 | 2                             | 14.8            |
| 7       | Karnataka           | -                                              | -                 | 4                             | 88              |
| 8       | Kerala              | -                                              | -                 | 1                             | 1.55            |
| 9       | Madhya Pradesh      | 34                                             | 175.2             | 2                             | 2.497           |
| 10      | Maharashtra         | 6                                              | 16.5              | 4                             | 67.5            |
| 11      | Punjab              | -                                              | -                 | 10                            | 99.84           |
| 12      | Rajasthan           | 5                                              | 21.3              | -                             | -               |
| 13      | Tamil nadu          | 1                                              | 8                 | -                             | -               |
| 14      | Telangana           | -                                              | -                 | 1                             | 1.3             |
| 15      | Uttar Pradesh       | -                                              | -                 | 2                             | 5.5             |
| 16      | Uttarakhand         | -                                              | -                 | 1                             | 2.5             |
| 17      | West Bengal         | -                                              | -                 | 4                             | 23.6            |
|         | Total               | 52                                             | 236               | 42                            | 425.287         |

The details of Biogas Plants installed in the country in the last five years (2019-20 to 2023-24) is given as under:

| Sl No   | State/ Union Territories   | No of Biogas Plants installed   |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh             | 5,552                           |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh          | 230                             |
| 3       | Assam                      | 1,181                           |
| 4       | Bihar                      | 206                             |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh               | 2,015                           |
| 6       | Goa                        | 19                              |
| 7       | Gujarat                    | 1,764                           |
| 8       | Haryana                    | 1,600                           |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh           | 38                              |
| 10      | Jammu & Kashmir            | 6                               |
| 11      | Jharkhand                  | 78                              |
| 12      | Ladakh                     | -                               |
| 13      | Karnataka                  | 12,269                          |
| 14      | Kerala                     | 3,215                           |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh             | 10,899                          |
| 16      | Maharashtra                | 25,666                          |
| 17      | Manipur                    | -                               |
| 18      | Meghalaya                  | -                               |
| 19      | Mizoram                    | 2                               |
| 20      | Nagaland                   | 52                              |
| 21      | Odisha                     | 310                             |
| 22      | Punjab                     | 5,982                           |
| 23      | Rajasthan                  | 1,121                           |
| 24      | Sikkim                     | -                               |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu                 | 750                             |
| 26      | Telangana                  | 94                              |
| 27      | Tripura                    | 107                             |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh              | 1,141                           |
| 29      | Uttarakhand                | 2,630                           |
| 30      | West Bengal                | 301                             |
| 31      | A&N Islands                | -                               |
| 32      | Chandigarh                 | -                               |
| 33      | Dadra& Nagar Haveli        | -                               |
| 34      | Daman and Diu              | -                               |
| 35      | Puducherry                 | -                               |
| 36      | Delhi                      | -                               |
|         | Total                      | 77,228                          |

Note: During the FY 2021-22, Biogas Programme was not continued, hence no achievement was made.