Lok Sabha Question No. 1170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-27
Subject: Portal for GOBARdhan Scheme
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1170

ANSWERED ON-27/07/2023.

## Portal for GOBARdhan Scheme

## 1170. DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether it is true that the Ministry has recently launched the Unified Registration Portal for GOBARdhan Scheme to streamline the process of setting up CBG/Biogas plants in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the total number of Government and private entities registered since its launch to set up a plant, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Department  of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,  Ministry  of  Jal  Shakti  has developed  a  Unified  Registration  Portal  for  GOBARdhan  which  was  launched  by  Hon'ble Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on 1 st June, 2023 with the participation of  representatives  from  Stakeholder  Ministries/Departments,  State  Govts  and  private  sector. Any government/ private entity operating or intending to setup a Biogas/ CBG/ Bio CNG plant can obtain a registration number of the plant by registering on the portal (https://gobardhan.co.in/).
- (c)    The  Unified  Registration  Portal  for  GOBARdhan  is  for  registration  of  Biogas/CBG/Bio CNG plants.  The portal gives a registration number to a functional/under construction /yet to start  plant.  State-wise  number  of  Biogas/CBG/Bio  CNG  plants  registered  on  the  portal  is  as under: -

(As on 25.07.2023)

| S.No   | State/ UT Name    |   CBG/ Bio CNG |   Biogas |   Total |
|--------|-------------------|----------------|----------|---------|
| 1      | Andhra Pradesh    |             12 |        0 |      12 |
| 2      | Arunachal Pradesh |              0 |        0 |       0 |
| 3      | Assam             |              2 |       30 |      32 |
| 4      | Bihar             |             14 |       30 |      44 |
| 5      | Chhattisgarh      |              7 |      334 |     341 |
| 6      | Delhi             |              6 |        0 |       6 |
| 7      | Goa               |              0 |        2 |       2 |
| 8      | Gujarat           |             17 |       43 |      60 |
| 9      | Haryana           |             37 |       11 |      48 |
| 10     | Himachal Pradesh  |              0 |       11 |      11 |
| 11     | Jammu & Kashmir   |              0 |       20 |      20 |
| 12     | Jharkhand         |              4 |        9 |      13 |
| 13     | Karnataka         |              8 |       68 |      76 |
| 14     | Kerala            |              1 |       24 |      25 |
| 15     | Madhya Pradesh    |             14 |       71 |      85 |
| 16     | Maharashtra       |             43 |       39 |      82 |
| 17     | Odisha            |             11 |        0 |      11 |
| 18     | Puducherry        |              0 |        2 |       2 |
| 19     | Punjab            |             35 |       19 |      54 |
| 20     | Rajasthan         |              4 |        4 |       8 |
| 21     | Tamil Nadu        |             12 |        2 |      14 |
| 22     | Telangana         |              8 |       30 |      38 |
| 23     | Tripura           |              0 |       16 |      16 |
| 24     | Uttar Pradesh     |             66 |      112 |     178 |
| 25     | Uttarakhand       |              4 |        3 |       7 |
| 26     | West Bengal       |             10 |        6 |      16 |
| Total  | Total             |            315 |      886 |    1201 |

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