Banas Dairy to raise cattle-dung processing capacity by 51% to 515 tonnes a day

What happened

Banas Dairy will raise its daily cattle-dung processing capacity by 51 per cent to 515 tonnes from 340 tonnes by adding bio-CNG plants at Tharad and Radhanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district.

Confirmed

Global impact / market context

The expansion gives cattle farmers extra income beyond milk sales, since the dairy buys dung at around ₹1 per kg and pays farmers every fortnight with their milk bills, while the waste becomes vehicle fuel and fertiliser.

Analyst inference

The project expands a waste-to-fuel model tied to Suzuki Motor and the National Dairy Development Board, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's October 30 visit, showing how dairy cooperatives can add energy output and farmer income.

Analyst inference

What to watch

1. Banas Dairy currently processes 340 tonnes of dung daily through four plants, and the new Tharad and Radhanpur facilities are expected to lift the network to 515 tonnes a day. Confirmed
2. Watch whether the cooperative keeps buying dung at around ₹1 per kg and paying farmers every fortnight alongside milk bills, since that payout supports the extra farm income. Proposed
3. Watch whether the compressed biogas outlet model, first launched in August 2020 with Suzuki and the dairy board, scales with the new plants and supports fuel and fertiliser revenue. Analyst inference

Evidence

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