India - States and Union Territories
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Andhra Pradesh
- The Government of Andhra Pradesh has proposed jatropha cultivation on 1.5 millions acres over the next 4 years
- The initial target is 200,000 acres
- Jatropha cultivation is to be taken up only on cultivable lands with existing farmers.
- They have proposed crop and yield insurance
(Information in this section from PCRA-Biofuels )
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
- Organizations
- Policies/Initiatives
- 600,000 jatropha saplings have been planted with the involvement of State's Forest, Agriculture, Panchayat and Rural Development Departments
- They have a target to cover 1 million hectares of land under jatropha plantation by 2012
- The CBDA estimates that as 1 hectare of Jatropha plantation yields 2 tons of biodiesel on an average, a total quantity of 2 million tons of biodiesel will be produced with a value of Rs.5 billion (@Rs.25/- per litre). The plantation would absorb 10 million tons of CO2 and produce 4 million tons of biomanure.
- The present annual consumption of petrodiesel in the Chhattisgarh State is 1 millions tons.
- Plans for planting jatropha on about 100,000 hectares of lands during 2006-2007.
- Ten bio-diesel companies, including the UK-based D1 Oils, have offered to set up jatropha oil-extraction units or to buy the produce from farmers in Chhattisgarh.
(Information in this section from CBDA)
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
- Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency Supports renewable energy projects, including biomass gasifiers to produce biogas and electricity.
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir
Jharkhand
Karnataka
- BESCOM - BESCOM, Karnataka's state power distribution utility, is cooperating with the Global Environmental Facility on four demonstration biomass gasifier units totaling 500 kW.[1]
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland
Orissa
Punjab
- Punjab Energy Development Agency - Agency charged with developing alternative non-conventional sources of energy in Punjab, including biogas, biomass co-generation, and biomass gasification.
Rajasthan
- The Association of Rajasthan Jojoba Plantation and Research Project - AJORP has developed three model farms (one in Gujarat) for jojoba production.
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Uttranchal
- Uttaranchal has created a Bio-fuel Board (UBB) for bio-diesel promotion in the state.
- The UBB has established a Jatropha Gene Bank to preserve high yielding seed varieties.
- They have planted 100,000 acres of jatropha
- Plans to produce 100 million liters of bio-diesel.
(Information in this section from PCRA-Biofuels )
West Bengal
Union Territories
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Chandigarh
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli
- Daman and Diu
- Lakshadweep
- National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Puducherry
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