Dr Farooq Abdullah minister of new and renewable energy informed the Rajya Sabha that the domestic waste can be converted into cooking gas called biogas through anaerobic digestion process.
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has supported over 1000 biogas plants based on domestic kitchen waste into cooking gas. Designs of pre-fabricated biogas plants based on kitchen waste in the capacity range of 0.3 cubic meter per day to one cubic meter per day have been supported by MNRE.
Village level awareness camps on the benefits of use of biogas for cooking, lighting and bio-manure are organized through State implementing departments/ agencies and Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
