Lok Sabha Question No. 5329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-25
Subject: Bioenergy Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Shri G Lakshminarayana, Shri Tangella Uday Srinivas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5329

ANSWERED ON 25.03.2026

## BIOENERGY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 5329. SHRI G LAKSHMINARAYANA SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  waste-to-energy,  biomass  and  biogas  projects  sanctioned  under  the National Bioenergy Programme, year and State-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the present implementation status of these projects including the number commissioned, under construction and pending, category-wise;
- (c)  the  total  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  sanctioned  and  released  for  each  category  of projects, year and State-wise;
- (d) the details and number of proposals pending under the said Programme particularly in Andhra Pradesh  including  project  type,  location,  proposed  capacity,  implementing  agency,  date  of submission, present status and reasons for delay, if any; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to accelerate implementation of pending bioenergy projects and ensure timely release of financial assistance?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) The details of total number of waste-to-energy, biomass and biogas projects sanctioned under the  National  Bioenergy  Programme  (NBP)  Phase-I,  year  and  State-wise  including  Andhra Pradesh are given at Annexure-I.
- (b) The details of status of implementation of these projects are given at Annexure-II.
- (c) The details of Central Financial Assistance (CFA) sanctioned and released for waste-to-energy, biomass and biogas projects, year and State-wise, are given as Annexure-III.
- (d) All proposals sanctioned in the State of Andhra Pradesh are commissioned. No proposals are pending.
- (e) The Ministry has taken various steps to accelerate the implementation of pending bioenergy projects, which inter-alia includes revision of Scheme Guidelines of NBP, timely completion of inspection of commissioned projects.

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## Annexure-I

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5329 to be answered on 25.03.2026 regarding ' Bioenergy Projects in Andhra Pradesh '

State-wise and year-wise details of projects sanctioned under NBP Phase-I:

- A. Biomass Programme:
- B. Waste to Energy Programme:

| S. No.   | State          | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|          |                | 2022-23                      | 2023-24                      | 2024-25                      | 2025-26                      |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            |
| 2.       | Gujarat        | 0                            | 0                            | 6                            | 10                           |
| 3.       | Haryana        | 0                            | 0                            | 3                            | 4                            |
| 4.       | Karnataka      | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            |
| 5.       | Madhya Pradesh | 0                            | 16                           | 18                           | 11                           |
| 6.       | Maharashtra    | 0                            | 2                            | 6                            | 5                            |
| 7.       | Punjab         | 0                            | 0                            | 5                            | 1                            |
| 8.       | Rajasthan      | 0                            | 2                            | 3                            | 4                            |
| 9.       | Tamil Nadu     | 0                            | 0                            | 2                            | 1                            |
| 10.      | Telangana      | 0                            | 0                            | 3                            | 1                            |
| 11.      | Uttarakhand    | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            |                              |
| 12.      | Uttar Pradesh  | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 4                            |
|          | Total          | 0                            | 20                           | 50                           | 41                           |

| S. No.   | State          | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   |
|----------|----------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|          |                | 2022-23                      | 2023-24                      | 2024-25                      | 2025-26                      | Total                        |
|          | Andhra Pradesh | 3                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 4                            |
|          | Delhi          | 0                            | 2                            | 0                            | 0                            | 2                            |
|          | Goa            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            |
|          | Gujarat        | 0                            | 3                            | 1                            | 0                            | 4                            |
|          | Haryana        | 0                            | 9                            | 1                            | 1                            | 11                           |
|          | Jharkhand      | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 1                            |
|          | Karnataka      | 0                            | 3                            | 2                            | 0                            | 5                            |
|          | Madhya Pradesh | 0                            | 1                            | 1                            | 0                            | 2                            |
|          | Maharashtra    | 0                            | 8                            | 1                            | 0                            | 9                            |
|          | Punjab         | 0                            | 7                            | 0                            | 0                            | 7                            |
|          | Rajasthan      | 0                            | 2                            | 0                            | 0                            | 2                            |
|          | Tamil Nadu     | 1                            | 3                            | 1                            | 0                            | 5                            |
|          | Telangana      | 0                            | 4                            | 1                            | 0                            | 5                            |
|          | Uttar Pradesh  | 0                            | 13                           | 4                            | 0                            | 17                           |
|          | Uttarakhand    | 0                            | 1                            |                              | 1                            | 2                            |
|          | West Bengal    | 0                            | 1                            | 1                            | 0                            | 2                            |
|          | Total          | 4                            | 59                           | 14                           | 2                            | 79                           |

Contd.

## C. Biogas Programme:

## i. Small Biogas plants:

| S. No.   | State               | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   |
|----------|---------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State               | 2022-23                      | 2023-24                      | 2024-25                      | 2025-26                      | Total                        |
| 1.       | Andhra Pradesh      | 30                           | 0                            | 58                           | 0                            | 88                           |
| 2.       | Arunachal Pradesh   | 0                            | 200                          | 0                            | 0                            | 200                          |
| 3.       | Assam               | 0                            | 190                          | 199                          | 0                            | 389                          |
| 4.       | Bihar               | 9                            | 29                           | 217                          | 0                            | 255                          |
| 5.       | Chhattisgarh        | 0                            | 400                          | 146                          | 0                            | 546                          |
| 6.       | Goa                 | 11                           | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 11                           |
| 7.       | Gujarat             | 224                          | 1074                         | 2370                         | 0                            | 3668                         |
| 8.       | Haryana             | 116                          | 239                          | 84                           | 0                            | 439                          |
| 9.       | Himachal Pradesh    | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 10.      | Jammu &Kashmir      | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 11.      | Jharkhand           | 0                            | 11                           | 0                            | 0                            | 11                           |
| 12.      | Laddakh             | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 13.      | Karnataka           | 186                          | 970                          | 242                          | 0                            | 1398                         |
| 14.      | Kerala              | 330                          | 201                          | 106                          | 0                            | 637                          |
| 15.      | Madhya Pradesh      | 2132                         | 2212                         | 1916                         | 0                            | 6260                         |
| 16.      | Maharashtra         | 5180                         | 4707                         | 4581                         | 0                            | 14468                        |
| 17.      | Manipur             | 0                            | 0                            | 25                           | 0                            | 25                           |
| 18.      | Meghalaya           | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 19.      | Mizoram             | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 20.      | Nagaland            | 0                            | 52                           | 0                            | 0                            | 52                           |
| 21.      | Odisha              | 97                           | 35                           | 84                           | 0                            | 216                          |
| 22.      | Punjab              | 832                          | 1366                         | 1022                         | 0                            | 3220                         |
| 23.      | Rajasthan           | 20                           | 347                          | 200                          | 0                            | 567                          |
| 24.      | Sikkim              | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 25.      | Tamil Nadu          | 46                           | 65                           | 13                           | 0                            | 124                          |
| 26.      | Telangana           | 0                            | 12                           | 11                           | 0                            | 23                           |
| 27.      | Tripura             | 0                            | 51                           | 110                          | 0                            | 161                          |
| 28.      | Uttar Pradesh       | 172                          | 167                          | 201                          | 0                            | 540                          |
| 29.      | Uttarakhand         | 242                          | 815                          | 379                          | 0                            | 1436                         |
| 30.      | West Bengal         | 0                            | 75                           | 84                           | 0                            | 159                          |
| 31.      | Dadra &Nagar Haveli | 0                            | 0                            | 18                           | 0                            | 18                           |
| 32.      | Daman and Diu       | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| 33.      | Puducherry          | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            | 0                            |
| Total    | Total               | 9627                         | 13219                        | 12067                        | 0                            | 34913                        |

Note: Under the Biogas Programme, no physical targets are allocated to PIAs during FY 2025-26.

Contd.

- ii. Medium sized Biogas plants:

| S.   | State         | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   | No. of projects Sanctioned   |
|------|---------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
| No.  |               | 2022-23                      | 2023-24                      | 2024-25                      | 2025-26                      | Total                        |
| 1.   | Haryana       | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 2.   | Karnataka     | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 3.   | Maharashtra   | 0                            | 12                           | 4                            | 0                            | 16                           |
| 4.   | Punjab        | 0                            | 3                            | 0                            | 0                            | 3                            |
| 5.   | Uttarakhand   | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 6.   | Uttar Pradesh | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 7.   | West Bengal   | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 8.   | Tamil Nadu    | 0                            | 11                           | 0                            | 0                            | 11                           |
| 9.   | Odisha        | 0                            | 1                            | 0                            | 0                            | 1                            |
| 10.  | Telangana     | 0                            | 2                            | 0                            | 0                            | 2                            |
|      | Total         | 0                            | 31                           | 7                            | 0                            | 38                           |

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5329 to be answered on 25.03.2026 regarding 'Bioenergy Projects in Andhra Pradesh'

The number of projects sanctioned, completed and under implementation under each component of Phase-I of NBP, State-wise is given as under:

## A. Biomass Programme:

|   No. of projects Sanctioned |   No. of Projects Completed |   No. of Projects under Implementation |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                          111 |                         111 |                                      0 |

## B. Waste to Energy Programme:

|   No. of projects Sanctioned |   No. of Projects Completed |   No. of Projects under Implementation |
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                           79 |                          72 |                                      7 |

- C. Biogas  Programme: All biogas plants sanctioned under Biogas  programme  are commissioned, and the details may be seen below:

|   Number of small biogas plants |   Number of medium biogas plants |   No. of Projects under Implementation |
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|                           34913 |                               38 |                                      0 |

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5329 to be answered on 25.03.2026 regarding 'Bioenergy Projects in Andhra Pradesh'

The details of the total Central Financial Assistance (CFA) sanctioned and released under NBP:

## A. Biomass Programme:

(Rs. in Crores)

| State          | 2022-23    | 2022-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24   | 2024-25    | 2024-25   | 2025-26    | 2025-26   |
|----------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| State          | Sanctioned | Released  | Sanctioned | Released  | Sanctioned | Released  | Sanctioned | Released  |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 3.28       | 1.95      | 0          | 3.41      |
| Gujarat        | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 1.81       | 0         | 2.85       | 0         |
| Haryana        | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0.57       | 2.04      | 3.22       | 2.47      |
| Karnataka      | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0.46       | 4.0       | 0          | 0         |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0          | 0         | 7.15       | 0         | 6.27       | 0         | 4.26       | 10.09     |
| Maharashtra    | 0          | 1.75      | 0.46       | 0.07      | 1.71       | 0         | 0.84       | 0.93      |
| Punjab         | 0          | 1.73      | 0          | 0         | 10.51      | 7.6       | 0.46       | 10.23     |
| Rajasthan      | 0          |           | 0.92       | 1.96      | 0.66       | 0         | 1.48       | 0.93      |
| Tamilnadu      | 0          | 1.02      | 0          | 0         | 1.91       | 0         | 0.18       | 1.16      |
| Telangana      | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 2.60       | 0         | 0.33       | 1.57      |
| Uttrakhand     | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 2.46       | 1.03      |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 4.89       | 0.51      | 0.18       | 7.17      |
| West Bengal    | 0          | 0         | 0          | 2.41      | 1.03       | 0         | 0          | 0         |
| Total          | 0          | 4.50      | 8.55       | 4.45      | 35.75      | 16.10     | 16.31      | 39.00     |

- B. Waste to Energy Programme:

(Rs. in Crores)

| State          | 2022-23    | 2022-23   | 2023-24    | 2023-24   | 2024-25    | 2024-25   | 2025-26    | 2025-26   |
|----------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| State          | Sanctioned | Released  | Sanctioned | Released  | Sanctioned | Released  | Sanctioned | Released  |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2.74       | 50.47     | 0.72       | 2.74      | 0          | 0.72      | 0          | 0         |
| Delhi          | 0          | 0         | 9.52       | 0         | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         |
| Goa            | 0          | 0         | 3.03       | 3.03      | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         |
| Gujarat        | 0          | 1.38      | 13.26      | 0         | 2.04       | 3.06      | 0          | 7.04      |
| Haryana        | 0          | 3.54      | 36.26      | 0         | 10.20      | 7.53      | 8.50       | 5.1       |
| Jharkhand      | 0          | 0         | 0          | 0         | 4.25       | 0         | 0          | 0         |
| Karnataka      | 0          | 0         | 14.91      | 6.59      | 4.68       | 8.32      | 0          | 0         |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0          | 0         | 10.20      | 0.84      | 1.70       | 10.20     | 0          | 1.70      |
| Maharashtra    | 0          | 0         | 49.52      | 0         | 0.80       | 10.20     | 0          | 22.66     |
| Punjab         | 0          | 0         | 64.11      | 0.57      | 0          | 0         | 0          | 20.2      |
| Rajasthan      | 0          | 0         | 3.98       | 0         | 0          | 1.70      | 0          | 0.02      |
| Tamil Nadu     | 2.36       | 0         | 13.60      | 2.36      | 6.30       | 15.18     | 0          | 4.08      |
| Telangana      | 0          | 0.33      | 8.22       |           | 4.55       | 5.36      | 0          | 0         |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 0          | 1.82      | 79.00      | 4.71      | 8.99       | 23.87     | 0          | 20.33     |
| Uttarakhand    | 0          | 0         | 10.20      | 0         | 0          | 0.20      | 0.50       | 0         |
| West Bengal    | 0          | 0.07      | 0.51       |           | 0.19       |           | 0          | 0.51      |
| Total          | 5.10       | 57.60     | 317.04     | 20.84     | 43.68      | 86.35     | 9.00       | 81.64     |

Contd.

## C. Biogas Programme:

| State                 | 2022-23                 | 2022-23   | 2023-24                 | 2023-24   | 2024-25                 | 2024-25   | 2025-26                 | 2025-26   |
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|-----------|
| State                 | No. of Plants installed | Released  | No. of Plants installed | Released  | No. of Plants installed | Released  | No. of Plants installed | Released  |
| Arunachal Pradesh     | 0                       | 0.00      | 200                     | 0.39      | 0                       | 0.31      | 0                       | 0         |
| Andhra Pradesh        | 30                      | 0         | 0                       | 0         | 58                      |           |                         |           |
| Assam                 | 0                       | 0.00      | 190                     | 1.26      | 199                     | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Bihar                 | 9                       | 0.00      | 29                      | 0.00      | 217                     | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Chhattisgarh          | 0                       | 3.70      | 400                     | 0.95      | 146                     | 0.72      | 0                       | 0.22      |
| Goa                   | 11                      | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Gujarat               | 224                     | 0.00      | 1074                    | 8.14      | 2370                    | 2.39      | 0                       | 0         |
| Haryana               | 116                     | 0.00      | 239                     | 0.00      | 84                      | 0.11      | 0                       | 0         |
| Jharkhand             | 0                       | 0         | 11                      |           | 0                       |           |                         |           |
| Karnataka             | 186                     | 0.00      | 970                     | 6.77      | 242                     | 0.95      | 0                       | 0.95      |
| Kerala                | 330                     | 0.00      | 201                     | 0.00      | 106                     | 0.04      | 0                       | 0         |
| Madhya Pradesh        | 2132                    | 0.29      | 2212                    | 6.97      | 1916                    | 3.83      | 0                       | 1.88      |
| Maharashtra           | 5180                    | 3.04      | 4707                    | 13.02     | 4581                    | 31.34     | 0                       | 18.61     |
| Manipur               | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.22      | 25                      | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Meghalaya             | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.22      | 1                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Mizoram               | 0                       | 0.00      | 1                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Nagaland              | 0                       | 0.00      | 52                      | 0.18      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Odisha                | 97                      | 0.00      | 35                      | 0.32      | 84                      | 0.26      | 0                       | 0.22      |
| Punjab                | 832                     | 0.00      | 1366                    | 2.34      | 1022                    | 2.21      | 0                       | 2.17      |
| Rajasthan             | 20                      | 0.00      | 347                     | 0.35      | 200                     | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Tamil Nadu            | 46                      | 0.00      | 65                      | 0.47      | 13                      | 4.95      | 0                       | 0         |
| Telangana             | 0                       | 0.00      | 12                      | 0.29      | 11                      | 0.85      | 0                       | 0.03      |
| Tripura               | 0                       | 0.00      | 51                      | 0.70      | 110                     | 0.91      | 0                       | 1.20      |
| Uttar Pradesh         | 172                     | 0.00      | 167                     | 1.84      | 201                     | 0.58      | 0                       | 0.23      |
| Uttarakhand           | 242                     | 0.00      | 815                     | 0.77      | 379                     | 1.29      | 0                       | 0.40      |
| West Bengal           | 0                       | 0.00      | 75                      | 0.00      | 84                      | 0.01      | 0                       | 0.04      |
| Chandigarh            | 0                       | 2.11      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Delhi                 | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.23      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0         |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli   | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.11      | 18                      | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.04 2.76 |
| KVIC,Mumbai           | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       |           |
| Amul Dairy            | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.81      |
| NDDB, Anand           | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 6.97      |
| BDTC IIT Guwahati     | 0                       | 0.11      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.52      | 0                       | 0         |
| BDTC IIT Delhi        | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.27      | 0                       | 0.56      |
| BDTC PAU Ludhiana     | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.15      | 0                       | 0         |
| BDTC KIIT Bhubaneswar | 0                       | 0.47      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.38      | 0                       | 0.82      |
| BDTC MPUAT, Udaipur   | 0                       | 0.10      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.61      | 0                       | 0         |
| BDTC TNAU, Coimbatore | 0                       | 0.34      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.51      | 0                       | 0         |
| BDTC DAV, Indore      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 0.78      | 0                       | 0.46      |
| BDTC UAS Bangalore    | 0                       | 0.12      | 0                       | 0.00      | 0                       | 3.88      | 0                       | 3.88      |
| Total                 | 9627                    | 10.28     | 13219                   | 45.54     | 12067                   | 57.86     | 0                       | 42.24     |