How many biogas and CBG plants are there in India?
mandate ≠ capacity
As of 6 August 2026 the GOBARdhan portal recorded 1,908 registered CBG and Bio-CNG plants, of which 217 were commissioned - producing 0.4 MMSCMD - with 339 under construction. Registered and commissioned are very different numbers and must never be conflated.
- Source
- GOBARdhan Unified Registration Portal via PIB
- mandate ≠ capacity
- A policy obligation to buy. It does not prove the plants exist to supply it — commissioned capacity is a separate number.
- Level
- Beginner — New to biogas. Plain language, no units assumed.
Graded checkpoint
This is one of the claims most often got backwards. It appears in the graded path.
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