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The Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched the GOBARdhan Central Sector Scheme with an outlay of ₹23,731 crore, to accelerate India’s Compressed Biogas (CBG) sector over 10 years — FY2026-27 to FY2035-36.
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- Objective: Promote domestic CBG production, reduce LNG imports and biomass burning, and convert agricultural waste and cattle dung into green energy and bio-fertilisers.
- Nodal Ministry:Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Capital Assistance: Up to ₹2 crore per TPD of installed CBG capacity for eligible greenfield plants.
- Credit Guarantee: Up to 85% of outstanding defaults, with an exposure cap of ₹20 crore, increased to ₹25 crore for women-led enterprises.
- Ecosystem Challenge Fund: Supports R&D, capacity building and district-level biomass mapping through the Unified GOBARdhan Portal.
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Aim
- Boost domestic CBG production
- Reduce LNG imports and biomass burning
- Convert agricultural waste and cattle dung into green energy and bio-fertilisers
Important Facts for Examsmost asked
- GOBARdhan: Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan — initiative for converting organic waste into biogas, CBG and bio-fertilisers.
- CBG: Purified biogas with high methane content that can be used as a CNG substitute.
- FOM: Fermented Organic Manure, a useful by-product of CBG production.
- TPD: Tonnes Per Day, a measure of plant production capacity.
- SATAT: Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation, launched in 2018 to promote CBG production and its use as an alternative transport fuel.
