Parliament Question: Phase-I of NBP in the country

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2061 ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026 PHASE-I OF NBP IN THE COUNTRY

2061. SHRI UJJWAL DEORAO NIKAM SHRI DEEPAK PRAKASH SHRI SHAMBHU SHARAN PATEL SHRI ASHOKRAO SHANKARRAO CHAVAN SHRI ADITYA PRASAD SHRI MADAN RATHORE SHRI SUBHASH BARALA SHRI AMAR PAL MAURYA

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

(a) the progress achieved under Phase-I of the National Bioenergy Programme (NBP), which includes components related to Waste-to-Energy, Biomass Programme, and Biogas Programme;

(b) the total capacity installed under the Biogas and Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (Bio- CNG), Briquettes and Pellets and Biomass Cogeneration Programme, State-wise;

(c) the number of projects approved, completed and currently under implementation in each component of Phase I;

(d) whether the Ministry has conducted any assessment of the impact of the program on rural income generation, waste utilization, and reduction in stubble burning or biomass wastage; and

(e) if so, the details of the findings thereof? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

(a) & (b) Under the National Bioenergy Programme (NBP) Phase I, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy supports installation of Bioenergy Projects in the country by providing Central Financial Assistance (CFA) for setting up of Waste-to-Energy, Biomass and Biogas

projects under following scheme components: i. Waste to Energy Programme (Programme on Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural Wastes /Residues) ii. Biomass Programme (Scheme to Support Manufacturing of Briquettes & Pellets and Promotion of Biomass (non-bagasse) based cogeneration in Industries) iii. Biogas Programme (Programme to support setting up of small (1 m3 to 25 m3 biogas per day) and medium size Biogas plants i.e., above 25 m3 to 2500 m3 biogas generation per day).

The total installed capacity under the Waste to Energy, Biomass & Biogas components of NBP Phase-I is given at Annexure-I.

(c) The number of projects approved, completed and currently under implementation is given at Annexure-II.

(d) & (e) Yes, the Ministry has conducted a 3rd party evaluation of NBP Phase-I.

The key findings are summarized at Annexure-III. *****ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

2061, Part (a) to (b), TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026 on ‘Phase-I of NBP in the country’.

The details of bioenergy projects installed in the country under Phase-I of NBP is given as

under:

Biomass Biomass based Waste to Projects (Non- Briquette/Pellet Biogas Energy Bagasse manufacturing Plants Projects Cogeneration) Projects Capacity Capacity Sl No State Capacity (TPH) Nos.

(MW) (MWe) Andhra 1 35 7.7 19.99 88 Pradesh Arunachal 2 0 0 0 200 Pradesh 3 Assam 6 4 0 389 4 Bihar 19.2 4 0 255 Chhattisgar 5 0 8 10.42 546 h 6 Goa 0 0 1.6 11 7 Gujarat 0 117.49 20.59 3668 8 Haryana 47.2 130.75 33.48 439 Himachal 9 16.95 0 0 0 Pradesh 10 Jharkhand 5 2 1.04 11 11 Karnataka 0 17 13.09 1398 12 Kerala 0 0 0 637 Madhya 13 8 322.05 24.13 6260 Pradesh Maharashtr 14 0 79.6 26.86 14468 a 15 Manipur 0 0 0 25 16 Meghalaya 0 2 0 1 17 Mizoram 0 0 0 1 18 Nagaland 0 0 0 52 19 Odisha 0 22 5 216 20 Punjab 77.86 41 27.09 3220 21 Rajasthan 2.5 106.3 67.54 567 22 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 Tamil 23 12 10 3.92 124 Nadu 24 Telangana 24.24 88.1 0.63 23 25 Tripura 0 0 0 161 Uttarakhan 26 36.22 1 7.63 1436 d Uttar 27 56.45 42.3 86.9 540 Pradesh West 28 32.4 9 5.81 159 BengalAndaman and 29 0 0 0 0 Nicobar Islands 30 Chandigarh 0 0 0 Dadra and Nagar 31 Haveli and 0 0 0 18 Daman & Diu NCT of 32 0 0 26.17 0 Delhi Jammu & 33 5 0 0 0 Kashmir 34 Ladakh 0 0 0 0 Lakshadwe 35 0 0 0 0 ep 36 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 Total 384.02 1014.29 381.87 34913 ***Annexure-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

2061, Part (c), TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026 on ‘Phase-I of NBP in the country’.

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

Name of the Programme Sanctioned Completed Under Implementation Waste to Energy Programme 79 72 7 Biomass Programme 111 111 00 Biogas Programme 34913 34913 00 Annexure-III REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.

2061, Part (d) to (e), TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2026 on ‘Phase-I of NBP in the country’.

The details of the findings of the 3rd party evaluation of the implementation of NBP Phase-I are summarized as under: a) Rural Income Generation The programme has contributed to rural income generation and employment across the bioenergy value chain. Household level biogas plants under the National Bioenergy Programme (NBP) Phase-I have generated an estimated 1.4–1.8 lakh person-days of employment during construction and installation. Household biogas plants also contribute to rural income through savings on conventional fuels and fertilizers, with average annual savings of about Rs.6,000–Rs.7,000 per household due to reduced expenditure on LPG, firewood and chemical fertilizers.

Further, on an average, Biomass-based briquetting and pellet units employ about 13 & 21 workers respectively, whereas non-bagasse-based biomass cogeneration and waste-to-energy plants employs around 67 and 45 workers respectively.

b) Waste Utilization or Reduction in Stubble Burning or Biomass Wastage The programme has facilitated the sustainable utilization of agricultural residues through implementation of various sub-components of NBP Phase-I.

For a typical Waste-to-Energy plant utilizing agri-residue including paddy straw, around 10 tons per day (TPD) of agri-residue is consumed to generate 1 TPD of Compressed Biogas (CBG). Similarly, for a briquetting/pelletizing plant, around

1.25 TPD of agri-residue is utilized to generate 1 TPD of briquette/pellets.