Republic of India - National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP)

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Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
4 -January, 2018 02:52IST


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.134 Crores was made in the budget estimate for the year 2017-18: Shri R.K. Singh

Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri Raj Kumar Singh, in a written reply to a question on status of Biogas Programme in the country, in Lok Sabha today informed that 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.

Shri Singh informed that 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.134 Crores was made in the budget estimate (BE) for the year 2017-18. 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(in Nos.)

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 (1 to 6 cubic metre capacity perday )
1 Cubic Metre(in Rs. Per plant)
2- 6 Cubic Metre(in Rs. Per plant)





1.
NER States, Sikkim (except plain areas of Assam) and including SC and ST Categories of NE Region States.
15,000
17,000

2.
Plain areas of Assam
10,000
11,000

3.
Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Niligiri of Tamil Nadu, Sadar Kurseong & Kalimpong Sub-Divisions of Darjeeling, Sunderbans (W.B.) and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
7,000
11,000

4.
Scheduled castes / Scheduled Tribes of other than NE Region States including Sikkim & for other Hilly States/regions as given in Sl. No.3 above.
7,000
11,000

5.
All Others
5,500
9,000

6.
Additional CFA for toilet linked Biogas Plants.
1,200

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