National Biogas and Manure Management programme (NBMMP)

• To provide fuel for cooking purposes and organic manure to rural households through family type biogas plants
• To mitigate drudgery of rural women, reduce pressure on forests and accentuate social benefits
• To improve sanitation in villages by linking sanitary toilets with biogas plants

• Indigenously developed models of biogas plants are promoted.
• States have designated nodal departments and nodal agencies for implementation. Besides, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Mumbai; National Dairy Development Board, Anand (Gujarat), and national and regional level non-governmental organisations are involved in implementation.
• Project provides for different types of financial incentives including central subsidy to users, turn key job fee to entrepreneurs, service charges to State Nodal Departments / Agencies and support for training and publicity.
•  Various kinds of training programmes are supported. Biogas Development and Training Centres, functioning in nine major States, provide technical and training back up to State Nodal Departments and Nodal Agencies.
• Commercial and co-operative banks provide loan for setting up of biogas plants under Agriculturally Priority Area. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) is providing the facility of automatic refinancing to banks.

(ii) Sanitary toilet linked biogas plants : An additional central subsidy of Rs.1000/- per plant is given for linking plants with sanitary toilets

(iii) Turn-key job fee linked with five years free maintenance warranty :  Rs. 1,500 per plant is given in all States.
(iv) Financial support for repair of old non-functional plants : Financial support limited to 50 per cent of the rate of central subsidy, as applicable for different categories of beneficiaries and areas, is admissible for repair and revival of family type biogas plants, which are at least five years old and which are in dis-use at present for want structural repairs.