Union Cabinet approves ₹23,371 crore GOBARdhan scheme
The Union Cabinet has approved the GOBARdhan scheme with an outlay of ₹23,371 crore to accelerate growth of the Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) sector. The scheme aspires to raise India's domestic CBG production ten-fold and to mobilise large-scale private investment in the sector, strengthening the country's biofuel and waste-to-energy ecosystem.
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- Union Cabinet approved the GOBARdhan scheme; outlay ₹23,371 crore.
- Aim: accelerate growth of the Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) sector.
- Targets a ten-fold rise in domestic CBG production.
- Seeks to mobilise large-scale private investment.
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