About
- Govt. launched the GOBAR-Dhan Scheme as a national priority project under the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin.
- Govt. announced 500 new ‘waste to wealth’ plants for promoting a circular economy with a total investment of Rs 10,000 crore under the GOBAR-Dhan scheme.
- Of the 500 new plants, 200 will be compressed biogas plants (CBG), including 75 in cities and the remaining 300 will be community or cluster-based plants.
- The scheme focuses on keeping villages clean, increasing the income of rural households, and generating energy from cattle waste.
- The scheme is being implemented as part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin).
- The Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) comprises two main components for creating clean villages – creating open defecation-free (ODF) villages and solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) in villages.
- A Unified Portal of GOBHAR-Dhan ensures the smooth implementation of Biogas schemes/initiatives and their real-time tracking.
- The Sustainable Alternatives Towards Affordable Transporation (SATAT) scheme by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) encourages entrepreneurs to set up CBG plants to produce and supply CBG to oil and gas marketing companies (OGC/OMC) for selling it as automotive and industrial fuels
- A total of 589 Biogas/CBG (Compressed Biogas) plants are functional under the GOBAR-Dhan scheme.
- So far, 168 districts have been covered under the scheme.
Implementation of GOBAR Dhan Scheme
- There are 4 Models for the implementation of the projects. As per GOBAR-DHAN guidelines, the Model wise incentive is as under:
- Model-A (Gram Panchayat): Rs. 7 lacks, Rs. 12 lacks, Rs. 15 lacks, and Rs. 20.00 lakh for a GP having households up to 150, 300, 500, and more than 500 respectively.
- Model-B (SHG Federation): Rs. 7 lakhs, Rs. 12 lacks, Rs. 15 lacks, and Rs. 20.00 lakh for a GP having households up to 150, 300, 500, and more than 500 respectively.
- Model-C (Bulk Waste Generator/ Entrepreneur) is Rs. Rs. 7 lacks, Rs. 12 lacks, Rs. 15 lacks, and Rs. 20.00 lakh for a GP having households up to 150, 300, 500, and more than 500 respectively.
- Model-D (Any Eligible Enterprise): No incentive
Stakeholders in the GOBAR Dhan Scheme
- Dept of Agricultural Research and Education
- Dept of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare
- Dept of Rural Development
- Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
- Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
- Dept of Drinking Water and Sanitation
- Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
- Dept of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
- Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
- Dept of Science and Technology
- Dept of Fertilizers
Biogas-Biogas contains about 55-65% methane, 35-44% carbon dioxide, and traces of other gases such as Ammonia, Hydrogen Sulphide, and Nitrogen.
- In its raw form, biogas can be used as a clean cooking fuel like LPG for lighting, motive power, and electricity generation.
- Biogas can be purified and upgraded up to 98 % purity to make it suitable to be used as a green fuel for transportation or filling of cylinders. The process relies on a high pressure of circa 250 bar and hence is called compressed biogas (CBG).
