Last Updated Date: 11 Sept 2024
IMPACT[1]
-- 16 paddy straw pellet manufacturing units already running as of Aug 2024
-- 21 more units to be operational by 2024 end
Current capacity is to consume 3.05 Lakh Metric Tonnes paddy straw[1:1]
-- Another 5.21 LMT capacity to be added with additional 21 units
-- Total will reach 8.26 LMT
¶ Promotion of Pellets from stubble
Demand Creation
- Mandatory co-firing of paddy pellets with coal in Thermal Power Plants[2]
- Punjab makes mandatory to use 20% straw as fuel for brick-kilns[3]
Supply Augmentation
- Multiple schemes to provide subsidy to encourage paddy straw based pelletisation factories[4][5][6]
- 40% financial grant for investers, while he has to invest an equal amount from his resources and raise the rest 20% from any institute[1:2]
- A MoU was signed between the Punjab government & Gramin Vikas Trust last year in October wherein the NGO will support FPOs ( Farmer Producer Organizations) in buying biomass from farmers and utilize it to create biomass pellets[7]
Market Regulation
- Power Ministry has decided to benchmark prices for biomass pellets effective from 1st January 2024[2:1]
References:
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-sees-3-fold-rise-in-units-converting-stubble-into-co-firing-pellets-101724606848045.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.eqmagpro.com/power-ministry-to-benchmark-biomass-pellet-prices/ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-makes-mandatory-to-use-20-pc-straw-as-fuel-for-brick-kilns-450593 ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/centre-announces-rules-for-grant-to-establish-paddy-pellets-plant-101665686958160.html ↩︎
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/government-to-help-set-up-paddy-straw-pellet-units-to-curb-stubble-burning/article66006419.ece ↩︎
https://pscst.punjab.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/GUIDELINES/Procedure-applying-Grant-for-new-Paddy-straw-based-pelletisation-plant20230221.pdf ↩︎
https://www.etvbharat.com/english/state/punjab/punjab-govt-inks-mou-with-gramin-vikas-trust-to-manage-stubble-burning/na20221007211624569569239 ↩︎
