{"id":362841,"date":"2026-05-14T14:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=362841"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T08:58:44","slug":"scheme-for-promotion-of-surface-coal-lignite-gasification-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scheme-for-promotion-of-surface-coal-lignite-gasification-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal\/Lignite Gasification Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal\/Lignite Gasification Projects.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">About Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal\/Lignite Gasification Projects<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 334px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fbek1-3.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/699928226_1427793226059327_3889833462915304462_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=127cfc&amp;_nc_ohc=OUBVYuvrmQoQ7kNvwGace-9&amp;_nc_oc=AdrKWtLLcSjqkqzvNA6AwensgYayTRoiwpc40g1GIahF3EaDRP_e3Y3x9zXSeGcWfmz0sPZ7uk4wumq-UOLA1bLo&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fbek1-3.fna&amp;_nc_gid=dJZVD5cHyiJslZsh1ggoQg&amp;_nc_ss=7b289&amp;oh=00_Af4XcHmqXF2l8W6CFxQcRnkfKsRWmB3ojmIvy0vC1qaf_w&amp;oe=6A0B3011\" alt=\" Scheme for promotion of Surface Coal\/Lignite Gasification Projects \" width=\"334\" height=\"445\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Ministry of Coal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a scheme <strong>to promote coal and lignite gasification projects.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a major step towards<strong> cleaner coal utilisation, energy security and import substitution.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> The scheme aims <strong>to accelerate the conversion of coal and lignite into synthesis gas, or syngas,<\/strong> which can be used for power generation, fertilisers, chemicals and other downstream industrial products.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nodal ministry:<\/strong> The<strong> Ministry of Coal<\/strong> is the nodal ministry implementing it.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Budget outlay: <\/strong>It has a budget outlay of Rs. <strong>37,500 crore.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Incentivisation:<\/strong> It is<strong> to incentivise new surface coal\/lignite gasification projects for the production of syngas and its downstream products<\/strong>, targeting gasification of approximately 75 million tonnes of coal\/lignite.\n<ul>\n<li>Financial incentive <strong>provided at a maximum of 20% of the cost of Plant and Machinery.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Disbursement method:<\/strong> Incentive<strong> disbursed in four equal instalments,<\/strong> linked to project milestones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Capped financing:<\/strong> Financial incentive for:\n<ul>\n<li>Any <strong>single project<\/strong> capped at Rs. <strong>5,000 crore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>For any <strong>single product (except Synthetic Natural Gas and Urea) <\/strong>is capped at Rs. <strong>9,000 crore<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Any <strong>single entity group<\/strong> is capped at Rs. <strong>12,000 crore<\/strong>\u00a0across all projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incentive under this Scheme<strong> is in addition to, and does not restrict access to, incentives under the commercial coal mining regime or schemes of other Central\/State Government ministries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Selection:<\/strong> Selection through a transparent and competitive bidding process, with an evaluation framework benchmarking project cost, coal input, and syngas output.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Technology adoption:<\/strong> The Scheme is technology-agnostic and <strong>encourages the adoption of indigenous technologies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved a Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal\/Lignite Gasification Projects. About Scheme for Promotion of Surface Coal\/Lignite Gasification Projects It is a scheme to promote coal and lignite gasification projects. 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