Lok Sabha Question No. 2841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-06
Subject: Biogas Plants in Haryana
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Satpal Brahamchari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2841

ANSWERED ON 06.08.2025

## BIOGAS PLANTS IN HARYANA

## 2841. SHRI. SATPAL BRAHMACHARI

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

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned any project for installation of biogas, biomass,  or  Compressed  Bio-Gas  (CBG)  plants  under  National  Bioenergy Programme in Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency of Haryana;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  plants  sanctioned/installed  so  far  along  with  their production capacity and investment amount and the number of local farmers or youth provided employment thereunder;
- (c) whether any financial/technical assistance has been provided to local bodies and Panchayats for scientific management of agricultural waste, cow dung and municipal solid waste and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  assessment  of  monitoring, transparency, and effectiveness of implementation of bio-energy projects in Sonipat Parliamentary Constituency and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF  STATE  FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a)&(b)  The  details  of  projects  supported  under  Phase-I  of  National  Bioenergy Programme in Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency of Haryana is given below:

- i. Waste to Energy -2 nos. projects
- ii. Biomass -NIL
- iii. Biogas -19 nos. projects

## The details of the plants supported are placed at Annexure -I.

In Sonipat Lok Sabha Constituency of Haryana, by setting up two nos. of Waste to Energy plants, approximate 7680 man-days of employment are provided. Whereas, by setting up 19 nos. of small household biogas plant, 532 man-days of employment are provided.

(c) There is no provision for any financial/technical assistance by the Ministry of New and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  to  local  bodies  and  Panchayats  for  scientific management of agricultural waste, cow dung and municipal solid waste.

However,  as  per  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Farmers  Welfare  (MoA&FW),  the support being extended is placed at Annexure-II. Further, as intimated, the support being extended by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, is placed at Annexure-III. In addition to this, Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan) launched  under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Grameen)  Scheme  ensures  cleanliness  in villages by converting bio-degradable waste like cattle waste, kitchen leftovers etc.

into  Biogas  and  organic  manure.  It  is  the  integral  component  of  Solid  Waste Management under Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G) Phase-II scheme.

As per the operational guidelines of SBM(G) Phase-II, financial assistance of up to ₹ 60 per capita is available for villages with a population of up to 5,000, and ₹ 45 per capita for  villages  with  a  population  of  above  5,000  for  community  level  solid  waste management activities such as providing community compost pits, procurement of waste collection vehicles and the construction of storage and segregation sheds at the village or Gram Panchayat level.

The operational guidelines also provide for at least one Plastic Waste Management Unit (PWMU) in each block in case clustering of blocks is not possible.  A provision of up to ₹ 16 lakh per block has been made for the construction of a PWMU at the block level. Also, under Phase-II of SBM-G, financial assistance of up to Rs. 50.00 lakh per district is available for the complete programme period from 2020-21 to 2025-26 for setting up of Community level biogas plant. Community level biogas plants can be constructed at village/block/district levels under SBM(G) Phase-II.

As per the scheme guidelines of National Bioenergy programme, all installed bioenergy projects are inspected through Sardar Swaran Singh -National Institute of Bioenergy (SSS-NIBE) along with second inspection agency before release of Central Financial Assistance for transparency and effectiveness of scheme.

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2841  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  06.08.2025 REGARDING 'BIOGAS PLANTS IN HARYANA'

The details of projects supported under the Phase-I of National Bioenergy Programme in Sonipat Constituency given as under:

| Sub-Component of National Bioenergy Programme   | Total nos. of Projects Installed   | Total Installed Capacity   | Total CFA Sanctioned (In Rs. Crore)   |
|-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Waste to Energy Programme ( Bio-CNG )           | 2                                  | 8400 kg / day              | 7.0                                   |
| Biogas Programme ( Small Biogas Plants )        | 19                                 | 38m 3 / day                | 0.028                                 |
| Biomass Programme                               | -                                  | -                          | -                                     |

## Annexure -II

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2841  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  06.08.2025 REGARDING 'BIOGAS PLANTS IN HARYANA'

As per the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), the Department is implementing Crop Residue Management scheme and the information related to the said scheme is as under:

To support the efforts of the Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi to address air pollution caused due to paddy stubble burning and to subsidize  machinery  required  for  management  of  crop  residue,  a  Central  Sector Scheme on Crop Residue Management has been implemented w.e.f. 2018-19. Under this scheme, financial assistance @ 50% is provided to the farmers for purchase of crop residue management machinery and @ 80% is provided to Rural Entrepreneurs (Rural youth  &  Farmer  as  an  entrepreneur),  Cooperative  Societies  of  farmers,  Registered Farmers Societies, FPOs and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres of crop residue management machines. Financial support of 65% up to a maximum of Rs. 1.50 Crore is also provided to paddy supply chain projects on the capital cost of machinery and equipments like higher HP Tractors, Cutters, Tedder, Medium to large Balers, Rakers, Loaders, Grabbers & Telehandlers. Financial assistance to the States and ICAR is also provided for undertaking Information, Education and Communication activities for mass awareness of farmers on crop residue management.  The  scheme  promotes  the  usage  of  machines  and  equipments recommended by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for management of crop  residues  such  as  Super  Straw  Management  Systems,  Happy  Seeder,  Super Seeder, Smart Seeder, Zero Till Seed cum Fertilizer Drill, Mulcher, Shrub Master/Rotary  Slasher,  Paddy  Straw  Chopper,  Hydraulically  Reversible  Mould Board  Plough,  Crop  Reapers  and  Reaper  Binders  for  in-situ  management  of  crop residue and Balers & Straw Rakes for collection of straw for further ex-situ utilization.

During the period from 2018-19 to 2025-26 (as on 31.07.2025), Rs. 3951.16 crores have been  released  (Punjab -Rs.  1906.45  crores,  Haryana -Rs.  1081.71  crores,  Uttar Pradesh -Rs. 838.67 crores, Madhya Pradesh -Rs. 25.00 crores, NCT of Delhi -Rs. 6.05  Crores,  ICAR-  Rs.  86.06  crores  &  others  Rs.  7.22  Crores).  The  states  have distributed more than 3.24 lakh machines to the individual farmers and to more than 42880 CHCs in these States.

## Annexure -III

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2841  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  06.08.2025 REGARDING 'BIOGAS PLANTS IN HARYANA'

Under Solid  Waste  component  of  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  Urban  2.0  (SBM-U  2.0), launched on 01.10.2021 with the objective of attaining 100% Garbage Free Cities (GFC), central assistance of fund are provided for setting up various type of waste processing facilities  such  as  Material  Recovery  Facilities  (MRFs),  composting  plants,  biomethanation 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/CBG plant.

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs through the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban by providing policy directions, financial and  technical  support.  Various  forms  of  assistance  are  being  provided  by  the Government of India, inter alia.:

(i) Additional Central Assistance (ACA) at varying rates of 25%, 33% and 50% to the States/UTs  for  different  population  category  of  cities  for  setting  up  of  waste processing  facilities  such  as  compost,  bio-methanation,  waste-to-energy,  Material Recovery Facility (MRF), Construction & Demolition Waste processing, Mechanical Road  sweeping,  dumpsite  remediation,  etc.  Mission  allocation  of ₹ 226.9  crores  is earmarked for the  state  of  Haryana  under  SWM  component  of  SBM-U  2.0,  out  of which action plan having Central Share (CS) of ₹ 207.71 (91.5%) crores have so far been approved.

(ii) Technical support by way of manuals. advisories, designs, protocols covering all aspects of planning, designing and operation and maintenance of waste processing facilities.

(iii)  Funds  for  Capacity  Building  (CB)  are  provided  to  State  and  cities  to  create institutional capacity to effectively implement programmatic interventions to achieve mission objectives.

(iv) Funds for Information, Education and Communication (IEC) is also provided to State and cities to ensure awareness creation along with large scale citizen outreach to intensify 'Jan Andolan' and institutionalize swachh behavior and related set of actions, towards achieving the vision of Garbage Free cities.