The Union Government will launch GOBARdhan (Galvanising Organic Bio Agro Resources) Yojana, a central government scheme nationally from Karnal district of Haryana by end of April 2018.
The government aims to cover nearly 700 districts under the scheme in this financial year (2018-19).
The scheme focuses on managing and converting cattle dung and solid waste from farms and fields to useful compost, biogas and bio-CNG.
The central and state governments will provide funds in the ratio of 60:40, which will depend upon the number of households in villages.
The scheme will be hugely beneficial for country as India is home to highest cattle population in world (around 300 million in number) which produces around 3 million tonnes of dung.