Status of Biogas Programmes in India

Abstract

The study makes an attempt to enquire into the strengths and weaknesses in implementing the programme. Another relevance of the study is that biogas programme is popularly believed to have deeply influenced energy and agricultural sectors. This study provided an opportunity to verify the basis of such popular notion. Looking at biogas programme as an activity of local change, the study makes an effort to find out the options of replicability and scaling up of the biogas programme. It is hoped that the study will bring forth useful clues that can go a long way in improving agriculture in Kerala, especially in the highranges of Kerala.