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AgroPolicy, Biofuel industry, Dairy, Environment, India, Sustainability

Portal to act as a one-stop repository to assess investment & participation and streamline the process of setting up CBG/Biogas plants in India

Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, launched the Unified Registration Portal for GOBARdhan which will act as a one-stop repository to assess investment and participation in the Biogas/CBG sector at the pan India level and more importantly streamline the process of setting up CBG/Biogas plants in India. Any government, cooperative or private entity operating or intending to set up a Biogas/CBG/Bio CNG plant in India can obtain a registration number by enrolling in this unified registration portal launched. The registration number will enable availing of a multitude of benefits and support from the Ministries & Departments of the Government of India. States have been advised to get their CBG/Biogas plant operators registered on the portal on priority to avail existing and upcoming support from the Union Government.

Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBARdhan) is a vital umbrella initiative of the Government of India, based on the whole Government approach and aims to convert waste to wealth towards promoting a circular economy. The government of India intends to build a robust ecosystem for setting up Biogas/Compressed Biogas (CBG)/ Bio-Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) plants to drive sustainable economic growth and promote a circular economy. As the nodal department for GOBARdhan, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), the Ministry of Jal Shakti has developed this portal, which can be accessed at https://gobardhan.co.in. The launch was attended, in virtual mode, by Additional Chief Secretaries/Principal Secretaries (In charge of rural sanitation) of all States/UTs and representation of various central Ministries and Departments.

Addressing the gathering, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, said that this Unified Registration Portal of GOBARdhan is a perfect example of Cooperative Federalism as the stakeholder Central Ministries, all line departments of Centre and States have come together in development and deployment of the portal. He stated, “With more than 650 GOBARdhan plants and this portal, we have made significant achievements in our waste-to-wealth generation journey”. The Union Minister further said that the portal will not only ensure Ease of Doing Business (EODB) but with aggregated data from all Ministries & Departments across Centres and States, the initiative will also attract greater investment from the private players. “I hope and urge everyone present here that we must continue our concerted efforts to ensure faster pace and progress of outcomes – ‘gati aur pragmatic of the GOBARdhan initiative”, he added.

Portal to act as a one-stop repository

AgroPolicy, Environment, India, Nature, Sustainability

The portal contains information about the mission, implementation outline, resources, implementation progress, farmer registration, blog

Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Agriculture Minister, recently chaired the first steering committee meeting of the National Natural Farming Mission at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi. In the meeting, Tomar launched the NMNF portal. He said that the mission of natural farming in the country would be taken forward with everyone’s cooperation. In this regard, he asked the officers to coordinate with the State Governments and Central Departments and enable market linkage so that the farmers get more ease in selling their products. Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh and Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi, Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja and senior officers of various ministries attended the meeting.

The newly launched portal (http://naturalfarming.dac.gov.in/) has been developed by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It contains all the information about the mission, implementation outline, resources, implementation progress, farmer registration, blog etc., which will be useful for the farmers. Also, this website will help in promoting natural farming in the country.

In the meeting, Union Minister Giriraj Singh said that good initiatives have been taken to promote natural farming. He also gave his suggestions in this regard in the meeting. Jal Shakti Minister Shekhawat said that under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, work is being done for natural farming on the banks of the Ganga. The Ministry of Jal Shakti has made a roadmap by identifying 75 Sahakar Ganga villages in the first phase by signing an MoU with Sahkar Bharti and training has been given to the farmers.

UP Agriculture Minister Shahi said that under the Namami Gange Project, the promotion of natural farming has been started in the state. A target has been set to work in every block and master training has been done.

It was informed in the meeting that more than 4.78 lakh hectares of the additional area have been brought under natural farming in 17 states from December 2021. 7.33 lakh farmers have taken initiative in natural farming. About 23 thousand programs have been organized for the sanitization and training of farmers. Natural farming is being implemented in 1.48 lakh hectares on the banks of the river Ganga in four states.

The portal contains information about the mission,