No LPG, no worry: This village in Kolhapur cooks food without cylinders, wood or coalIn Maharashtra's Kolhapur district, families are cooking with biogas, a clean fuel derived from local waste like cattle dung and kitchen sc...
28 Apr, 2026, 04.33 PM IST
Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
27 Apr, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
Induction cooktop makers may be enticed with duty, GST cutsIndia is weighing tax cuts on induction cooktops. This aims to boost local manufacturing and make electric cooking more affordable. The gov...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
West Asia crisis: Govt considering customs duty cut on critical induction cooktop componentsIn a bid to enhance accessibility to induction cooktops, the government is contemplating a reduction in import duties on components. Additi...
22 Apr, 2026, 06.39 PM IST
Gujarat educational campus uses biogas to cook 500 meals daily, cuts fuel dependence: OfficialsAn educational institution in Gujarat has become self-reliant in cooking fuel by using biogas to prepare over 500 meals daily, eliminating ...
29 Mar, 2026, 09.04 AM IST
Gujarat campus uses biogas to cook 500 meals daily, cuts fuel dependence: OfficialsAn educational campus in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, is now cooking over 500 meals daily using biogas. This initiative, part of a state scheme, h...
28 Mar, 2026, 10.09 PM IST
Bring food from home, Infosys advises Pune employees as LPG crisis burns its kitchenInfosys on Wednesday announced that the food courts at its campuses in Pune, Bengaluru and Chennai may be able to offer only a limited menu...
11 Mar, 2026, 10.56 PM IST
Biogas sector expected to see Rs 5,000 crore investment in 2026-27: IBAIndia's biogas sector is poised for significant growth. Investments are expected to exceed Rs 5,000 crore by 2026-27. This surge is fueled ...
21 Dec, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
Clean cooking's still not plug and playIndia faces a significant challenge in transitioning its vast population from polluting cooking fuels to cleaner alternatives. While initia...
09 Jul, 2025, 10.53 PM IST
Existing government initiatives must be integrated to boost biogas sector: IBAThis suggestion was made in a white paper launched by Nitin Gadkari, which also recommended centralised tracking, standardised benchmarking...
08 May, 2025, 05.13 PM IST
Modern biogas tech offers key innovative solutions for waste management, resource optimisation in agriculture: Piyush Sohani, Sistema.bioThe implementation of biogas projects generates jobs in the installation and maintenance of biogas plants while allowing farmers to sell ex...
29 Oct, 2024, 03.09 PM IST
Forward7 and Sistema.bio to supply Biogas technology to small farm owners in Nepal and IndonesiaSaudi Arabia’s Forward7 Initiative and Sistema.bio will deliver 800 biogas units to small farmers in Nepal and Indonesia by January 2025. T...
17 Oct, 2024, 01.51 PM IST
Centre asks states to set up one lakh biogas plants this fiscalThis will result in a saving of about 21,90,000 LPG cooking cylinders annually, besides providing bio-manure to reduce the use of chemical ...
27 Jun, 2016, 03.14 PM IST
Infosys to build 7,620 household biogas plants over a period of 10 yearsThe project costing Rs 22 crore is expected to generate biogas equivalent to about 1 million cylinders of domestic LPG in Ramanagara distri...
30 May, 2016, 06.45 PM IST
Siddarth Goenka helps villages fight global warming with biogas plantsThe 30-year-old, who studied in Birmingham & worked with JM Morgan Stanley believes non-renewable energy such as LPG is not sustainable.
23 Mar, 2016, 01.10 PM IST
- Biogas can gain importance in view of rising LPG prices: PAU
In view of escalating Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) costs, biogas can gain importance, according to PAU experts.
04 Jul, 2011, 03.57 PM IST
- Compressed biogas is set to fuel vehicles here
Now for something greener than compressed natural gas (CNG). India may use its vast organic wastes to produce compressed biogas (CBG).
10 Oct, 2006, 03.36 AM IST