Under the NBMMP, about 49.6 lakh Household Size Biogas Plants have been installed since the inception

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been implementing programmes such as National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP), Biogas Power (Off-grid) Generation Programme (BPGP), and Waste to Energy Programme for setting up of Biogas Plants based on cattle dung and other mixed biodegradable wastes to meet cooking, heating, lighting & small power and thermal energy needs of the people of remote and rural areas of the country.

Under the NBMMP, about 49.6 lakh household size biogas plants have been installed since the inception of the biogas programme in the country.Under the Head 'Biogas Programme' a provision of Rs.134Crores was made in the budget estimate (BE) for the year2017-18.The State-wise details of biogas plants installed since inception till up to 2016-17 are given below:

Sl.No

State/Union Territories

Cumulative achievements up to 2016-17

1.

Andhra Pradesh

549235

2.

Arunachal Pradesh

3555

3.

Assam

130375

4.

Bihar

129844

5.

Chhattisgarh

54825

6.

Goa

4230

7.

Gujarat

433317

8.

Haryana

62085

9.

Himachal Pradesh

47650

10.

Jammu & Kashmir

3163

11.

Jharkhand

7579

12.

Karnataka

491764

13.

Kerala

149568

14.

Madhya Pradesh

365689

15.

Maharashtra

899472

16.

Manipur

2128

17.

Meghalaya

10196

18.

Mizoram

5412

19.

Nagaland

7953

20.

Odisha

270880

21.

Punjab

177445

22.

Rajasthan

71231

23.

Sikkim

9044

24.

Tamil Nadu

222870

25.

Telengana

22591

26.

Tripura

3620

27.

Uttar Pradesh

440713

28.

Uttrakhand

21558

29.

West Bengal

366974

30.

A&N Islands

137

31.

Chandigarh

97

32.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

169

33.

Delhi/New Delhi

681

34.

Puducherry

578

TOTAL

49,66,628

Under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme(NBMMP), family type biogas plants are set up for individual households to provide biogas as clean fuel for cooking to the people of rural and remote areas.The details of the subsidy/Central Financial Assistance provided under the NBMMP are given below:

Sl.No.

ParticularsofCentralFinancialAssistance(CFA)& States/Regions andCategories

FamilyTypeBiogasPlantsunder NBMMP(1to6cubicmetre capacity perday)

1 Cubic Metre

2-6 Cubic Metre

1.

NERStates,Sikkim(exceptplainareasofAssam)andincludingSCandSTCategories ofNE Region States.

15,000

17,000

2.

Plain areas ofAssam

10,000

11,000

3.

Jammu &Kashmir,Himachal Pradesh,Uttrakhand, Niligiri ofTamilNadu,SadarKurseong&Kalimpong Sub-Divisionsof Darjeeling,Sunderbans(W.B.)andAndaman&NicobarIslands.

7,000

11,000

4.

Scheduledcastes/ScheduledTribesofother thanNERegionStatesincluding Sikkim& for otherHilly States/regionsasgiveninSl.No.3 above.

7,000

11,000

5.

All Others

5,500

9,000

6.

AdditionalCFAfortoiletlinkedBiogas Plants.

1,200

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