Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri launched the central GOBARdhan compressed-biogas programme on October 1, alongside a handbook and a unified application portal. The Petroleum Ministry’s release that evening distinguishes this implementation step from the Cabinet’s approval on August 6.
The ten-year outlay is ₹23,731 crore for 2026–27 to 2035–36. The framework combines purchase commitments, pricing, plant assistance, pipelines, credit guarantees and sector support. Indian Masterminds also reported the October 1 launch.
The handbook explains assistance and the portal brings applications together. Officials identified unreliable revenues, feedstock, financing and manure sales as constraints. States are expected to help with land, approvals and infrastructure.
The programme aims to expand production nearly ten-fold. That remains a target. Converting organic material into gas requires operating plants and dependable supplies. The reviewed sources do not demonstrate that projected production or employment benefits have materialised.