In India, a significant portion of the population is still dependent on traditional biomass as fuel for household cooking. The combustion of conventional fuel for cooking usually negatively impacts human health and the environment. Biogas can have multiple benefits; it includes saving time to collect firewood, is a clean fuel, and may reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A national program on biogas is implemented in India since the 1980s. However, there is a considerable difference between the potential and its utilization. Also, biogas' emission through leaks and intentional release is regular with poorly maintained digesters, which questions the environmental benefits it might have. This paper assessed the significance of biogas as a cooking fuel. The results show that, if adequately maintained, biogas result in minimum GHGs emissions than other fuel options. However, if not, this will result in a harmful impact on the environment. Furthermore, annually 1181.31 PJ of useful energy is required for cooking in India. However, currently the contribution of biogas is <0.5 %. In addition, it is also found that in the current scenario, overall GWP from household cooking is about 204,479.92 Gg CO2 eq. If energy from surplus animal dung is harnessed correctly, 321.62 PJ per annum of useful energy can be harnessed. The use of biogas can reduce 20 % of GWP from India's household cooking. Economic analysis shows that installing a biogas digester is an economic viable option with IRR of 54 %. Overall, the use of biogas is beneficial from environmental, resource and economic point of view.