Bihar approves a Bio Fuel and Compressed Bio Gas Production Promotion Policy with the Industries Department as nodal agency

28 October 2026

The Bihar Cabinet has approved the Bio Fuel and Compressed Bio Gas Production Promotion Policy, 2026. The Industries Department will be the nodal agency for the policy and the Director of Industries its nodal officer. Applications and approvals will be monitored through the State's Single Window Portal, and a separate management information system will track compressed bio gas projects. Compressed bio gas, usually shortened to CBG, is purified biogas compressed for use as a transport and cooking fuel and is a substitute for natural gas. It is made from farm residue, cattle dung, press mud and municipal waste, which gives an agricultural State a feedstock advantage. At the same meeting the Cabinet cleared a new sugar mill with a distillery, a co generation power plant and a compressed bio gas plant.