Lok Sabha Question No. 4695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Conversion of Municipal Solid Wastes into Compressed Bio-Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Dr. Hemant Vishnu Savara, Smt. Shobhanaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya, Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary, Shri Tejasvi Surya

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4695

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  August, 2025

## CONVERSION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES INTO COMPRESSED BIO-GAS

† 4695. SMT. ROOPKUMARI CHOUDHARY: SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI: SHRI TEJASVI SURYA: DR. HEMANT VISHNU SAVARA: SMT. SHOBHANABEN MAHENDRASINH BARAIYA:

## पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũी

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  promoting  the  conversion  of  Municipal  Solid  Wastes  into Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) across the country to promote circular economy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details and the number of municipal waste-based CBG plants set up across the country including  Chhattisgarh  and  Maharashtra  during  each  of  the  last  ten  years,  State-wise, location-wise and capacity-wise;
- (d) the quantity of municipal solid waste processed by these CBG plants so far;
- (e) the impact of these plants on the environment of the country including the said States; and
- (f)  whether any special initiative  has  been  started  for conversion  of Municipal  Solid Wastes into  Compressed Bio-Gas in big cities like Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Delhi and if so, thedetails thereof?

## ANSWER पेट Ō ोिलयम और Ůाक ृ ितक गैस मंũालय मŐ राǛमंũी ( ŵी सुरे श गोपी )

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

(a)  to  (f)  Government,  in  order  to  promote  circular  economy,  have  adopted  a  'Whole  of Government' approach involving multiple Ministries and Departments for promoting conversion of organic waste [including Municipal Solid Waste  (MSW)]  into  Biogas, Compressed Biogas (CBG), and organic manure. Various steps have been initiated including assured price for off-take of CBG through long term agreements with Oil and Gas Marketing Companies  under  Sustainable  Alternative  Towards  Affordable  Transportation  (SATAT);  the Umbrella  Scheme  of  National  Bio  Energy  Programme  which  inter-alia  provides  Central Financial  Assistance  to  all  kind  of  CBG/biogas  plants;  Additional  Central  Assistance  for

Municipal  Solid  Waste-based  CBG  projects  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  Urban  2.0;  the inclusion of bio-manure produced from CBG plants as Fermented Organic Manure and Liquid Fermented  Organic  Manure  under  Fertilizer  Control  Order  1985;  Market  Development Assistance to promote Organic Fertilizer produced from CBG projects; the inclusion of CBG projects  under  'White  Category'  on case  to  case  basis;  the  inclusion  of  CBG  projects  under Priority Sector Lending; loan products from various Banks for financing of CBG projects; etc.

Additional  initiatives  such  as  guidelines  for  synchronization  of  CBG  with  CNG  in  CGD Network; a scheme for the development of pipeline infrastructure (DPI) for injection of CBG into the City Gas Distribution (CGD) network; and phase wise mandatory selling of CBG in CNG (T) and PNG (D) segment of CGD network have also been initiated by the Government.

Further, to promote the scientific management of MSW (including in the State of Chhattisgarh and  Maharashtra),  the  Government  have  been  promoting  various  types  of  waste  processing facilities,  such  as  Material  Recovery  Facilities  (MRFs),  composting  plants,  bio-methanation plants,  Refused  Derived  Fuel  (RDF)  processing  facilities,  plastic  waste processing  facilities, waste to electricity plants, construction and demolition (C&D) waste plants, sanitary landfill including waste to energy plants and CBG plants. However, the states based on their resources, technology,  topography,  type  of waste  involved, climatic conditions etc. may  opt  for appropriate method of conversion.

The number of MSW/sewage waste based CBG plants set up in the Country during the last ten years with the details of capacity, location is at Annexure.

The setting up of MSW-based CBG projects reduces landfill burden; curbs methane emissions; promotes scientific waste processing; lowers pollution levels; converts waste into clean energy and organic manure thereby promotes circular economy.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4695 TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  21.08.2025  REGARDING  CONVERSION  OF  MUNICIPAL  SOLID  WASTES  INTO COMPRESSED BIO-GAS.

List of MSW based CBG plants

| Sr.   | Name of the project                                      | District               | State          | Feed Stock      |   Feedstock Processing Capacity (TPD) |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1.    | Mahindra Waste To Energy Solutions Limited (Piduguralla) | Guntur                 | Andhra Pradesh | MSW             |                                 21.25 |
| 2.    | Mahindra Waste to Energy Solutions Limited (Adoni)       | Kurnool                | Andhra Pradesh | MSW             |                                 20    |
| 3.    | Mahindra Waste to Energy Solutions Limited (Tirupati)    | Tirupati ,Chittor      | Andhra Pradesh | MSW             |                                 42    |
| 4.    | Vyzag Bio-Energy Fuel Pvt. Ltd.                          | Visakhapatnam          | Andhra Pradesh | MSW             |                                 30    |
| 5.    | Blue Planet Biofuel Private Limited                      | North Goa              | Goa            | MSW             |                                 12.5  |
| 6.    | GAIL (India) Limited                                     | Ranchi                 | Jharkhand      | MSWand Cow dung |                                150    |
| 7.    | Nexusnovus Airport Waste Management Pvt. Ltd             | Devanahalli, Bangalore | Karnataka      | MSW             |                                 52.5  |
| 8.    | Sustainable Impacts Private Limited                      | Ramnagara              | Karnataka      | MSW             |                                 50    |
| 9.    | Indore Clean Energy Pvt. Ltd.                            | Indore                 | Madhya Pradesh | MSW             |                                500    |
| 10.   | Noble Exchange Environment Solutions Pune LLP            | Pune                   | Maharashtra    | MSW             |                                400    |
| 11.   | Avni DMGreen Energy Pvt Ltd.                             | Pune                   | Maharshtra     | MSW             |                                 50    |
| 12.   | MandiGobindgarh                                          | MandiGobindgarh        | Punjab         | MSW             |                                 15    |
| 13.   | Spark Bio Gas Private Limited                            | Chennai                | Tamil Nadu     | MSW             |                                140    |
| 14.   | Srinivasa Waste Management Services Private Limited      | Chennai                | TamilNadu      | MSW             |                                100    |
| 15.   | Hyderabad IntegratedMSW Limited                          | Hyderabad              | Telangana      | MSW             |                                160    |
| 16.   | EverEnviro Resource Management Private Limited           | Prayagraj              | Uttar Pradesh  | MSW             |                                300    |
| Total | Total                                                    | Total                  | Total          | Total           |                               2043    |

## List of Sewage Sludge based CBG plants

| Sr.   | Name of the project                    | District   | State       | Feed Stock    |   Feedstock Processing Capacity (MLD) |
|-------|----------------------------------------|------------|-------------|---------------|---------------------------------------|
| 1     | Khilari Infrastructure Private Limited | Ludhiana   | Punjab      | Sewage Waste  |                                 165   |
| 2     | Brajdham Power Private Limited         | Jaipur     | Rajasthan   | Sewage Waste  |                                  87.5 |
| 3     | Energon Logistics Private Limited      | Hyderabad  | Telangana   | Sewage Sludge |                                 339   |
| 4     | Energon Logistics Private Limited      | Hyderabad  | Telangana   | Sewage Sludge |                                 172   |
| 5     | Anarobic Energy Private Limited        | Haridwar   | Uttarakhand | Sewage Sludge |                                  45   |
| Total | Total                                  | Total      | Total       | Total         |                                 808   |

Source: MNRE, MoHUA & MoPNG