The Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG) on December 08, 2022, issued information regarding the Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) Scheme, launched in October 2018 for setting up of 5000 Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants for the production of 15 Million Metric Ton (MMT) per annum of CBG by 2023-24. The Phase I Umbrella scheme of National Bioenergy Programmes of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy which inter-alia provides subsidy/Central Financial Assistance to all kinds of biogas plants has been extended up to March 31, 2026.
In order to reduce import dependency of the country on fossil fuels, the Government has taken multiple steps / launched various policy initiatives to increase the domestic production of crude oil & natural gas and adopted strategies for the promotion of biofuels, gas-based economy, energy efficiency & energy conservation, improvement in refinery process and increasing renewable energy generation capacity.
