Implementation of national project on BioGas development programmes is a part of 20 points programme of central government. The main objective of the projects are

• To provide fuel for cooking purpose and organic manure to rural house holds through family type bio gas plants.
• To mitigate drudgery of rural women, reduce pressure on forests and accentuate social benefits
• To improve sanitation in village by linking sanitory toilets with bio gas plants

The programme came in to operation intensively since 1982-83. The programme is on subsidy pattern.

Priorities:

• Minimum of 10% plants to SC/ST families and a minimum of 5% of plants to tribal families of the total plants targetted in the district.
• Hilly regions, places where there is a problem for fuel , places where there is threat on forest degradation
• Sanitory linked bio-gas plants

The provision is also made to repair the plants constructed prior to 1984-85.

       Report for         2001-02