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Union Cabinet approves ₹23,371 crore GOBARdhan scheme for CBG sector

The Union Cabinet has approved the GOBARdhan scheme with an outlay of ₹23,371 crore to accelerate growth of the compressed biogas (CBG) sector. The scheme aspires to raise domestic CBG production ten-fold and to mobilise large-scale private investment in the sector, supporting waste-to-energy and clean-fuel goals under the government’s bio-energy push.

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A major waste-to-energy scheme to scale up compressed biogas production.

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Key facts

  • Union Cabinet approved a ₹23,371 crore outlay
  • Targets the compressed biogas (CBG) sector
  • Aspires to a ten-fold rise in domestic CBG output
  • Aims to mobilise large-scale private investment

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