India's first plant to convert paddy straw into biogas that can be used as CNG in automobiles will come up at Karnal in Haryana. This unit, which will come up by 2022, has been set up by Ajay Bio-Energy Pvt Ltd, under 'SATAT' scheme on compressed biogas (CBG) launched by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

Objective: The project aims to convert paddy wheat straw into bio-CNG. In addition to alleviating the ill effects of stubble burning on the environment, this project will also add to the income of the farmers in the region. Bio manure produced from the plant as a byproduct will be organic and can be used to grow organic food and vegetables.

About SATAT scheme: Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation scheme was launched by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas in October 2018 and this envisages to target production of 15 million tonnes of compressed biogas by 2023 from 5,000 plants.