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Government Efforts
Planning Commission: Coordination, Overseeing, Hosting cell to serve committees.

Environment & Forest Division :Coordination, Overseeing, Hosting cell to serve committees.

Petroleum Division: coordination with Ministry of Petoleum and Natural gas.

Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas: Ensure implementation of responsibility given to it, its institutions & monitor progress

Indian Oil Corporation (R&D): Carry out studies, Collect data.

Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA): Carry out studies, Collect data & Mass Awareness Programes

Diesel Marketing Oil Companies Ensure facilities for transesterification, blending & marketing, monitor performance of automobile engines.

Ministry of Environment & Forests Ensure implementation of plantations, gets CPCB to monitor environment and health effects, carry out decision of Coordination Committee.

Director General- Forests: Plantation, seed collection and oil expelling activities.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Monitor environment & health effects of emissions of bio-diesel.

Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources Support studies related to bio-diesel, development of appliances to run on Jatropha oil

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd.(IREDA) Support entrepreneurs wishing to establish seed centres, esterification units and plantation.

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Plantation along highways, use biodiesel blended fuels.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Plantation along highways, use biodiesel blended fuels.

Ministry of Rural Development Fix targets for plantation under IWDP and other poverty alleviation programmes/ CAPART.

Department of Land Resources (DLR) Plantation, seed collection and oil expelling.

Council for advancement of people's action & Rural Technology (CAPART)
Nurseries/Plantation, seed collection, oil extraction through Voluntary organizations.

Ministry of Agriculture Ensure implementation of responsibility given to it, its institutions & monitor progress.

Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Research in all aspects of Jatropha plantation.

Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Research in all aspects of Jatropha plantation.

Department of Agriculture & Coopration (DAC) ensure implementation of responsibility given to it, NOVOD &moniter progress.

National Oilseeds & Vegetable Oils DevelopmentBoard (NOVOD)
Plantation on non-forest lands and help seed collection.

Ministry of Science & Technology Ensure implementation of responsibility given to it, its institutions & monitor progress.

Department of Bio-Technology (DBT) Make available elite planting material at affordable prices.

Council for Science & Industrial Research (CSIR) Organize studies on aspects of biofuel.

Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Carry out assigned studies.

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) Carry out assigned studies.

Indian Toxicology Research Centre (ITRC) Carry out assigned studies.


Ministry of Law & Justice Advise on Legal aspects of bio-fuel programme

Ministry of Water Resources To ensure availability of water for irrigation of plantations.

Ministry of Finance & Company Affairs Review taxation, make available resources, arrange external funding

National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development(NABARD)Support plantation, seed centres, oil expelling units.

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Support plantation, seed centres, oil expelling units.

Ministry of Railways Plantation along railway tracks, use biodiesel blended fuels.

Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution Ensure framing of standard specifications as needed.

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Formulate Standard Specifications for Bio-fuels.

Ministry of Small Scale Industries & Agro & Rural Industries
Seed collection and oil expelling centres.

Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Seed collection and oil expelling centres.

Ministry of Industry Ensure implementation of responsibility given to it, its institutions & monitor progress.

Automotive Research Assn. of India (ARAI) Carry out studies on use of bio-fuels in engines and emissions thereof.

Ministry of Tribal Affairs Collection of seed from tribal areas.

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation .of India (TRIFED)
Collection of seed from tribal areas.

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Information, Education and Communication programme

Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
Carrying out of required tests for engine performance and vehicle manufacturers
agreement and guarantees to use biofuels.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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