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BI0-ENERGY ROAD MAP-

ENERGY PLANTATION

9/28/2011Dalkia Energy Services Ltd.

G C Datta Roy

The Great Eastern Centre, Ryder Tower, First Floor, 70, Nehru Place, New Delhi -110019

Tel. +91 11 4079 1100 Fax. +91 11 4079 1101 Email : [email protected]


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AbbreviationsBDO Block development Officer

CDM Clean Development Mechanism

DC District Collector

DESL M/S Dalkia Energy Services Limited

DLEC District level empowered committee

DFID Department for International Development

DFO District Forest Officer

DPR Detailed Project Report

DWDU District Watershed Development Unit

GEF Global Environment FacilityJFM Joint Forest Management Committee

MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

NOC No Objection Certificate

NPA Non-performing Asset

NREGS National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

IISc Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

IPP Independent Power Producer

PPA Power Purchase Agreement

RERC Rajasthan Electricity Regulatory Commission

RREC Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation

SBI State Bank of India

SERC State Electricity Regulatory Commission

SNA State Nodal Agency

SU State Utility

UNDP United Nations Development Programme


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1 IntroductionMinistry of New And Renewable Energy (MNRE) is currently implementing a UNDP/GEF assisted project

on Removal of Barriers to Biomass Power Generation in India. The key objective of the project is toaccelerate the adoption of environmentally sustainable biomass power technologies by removing the

barriers indentified, thereby laying the foundation for the large scale commercialization of biomass

power through increased access to financing. The project management cell established in the MNRE for

implementation of the above project has retained services of M/s Dalkia Energy Service Ltd. (DESL), New

Delhi for preparing a Road Map for Biomass Energy for accelerated development of different types of

biomass energy projects and programs primarily in the rural areas.

In order to accomplish the overall task, several primary studies were contemplated for which support is

being provided by India office of Department for International Development (DFID), UK. The work

carried out under the assignment and the balance tasks performed were reviewed in a meeting with

Dfid and MNRE officials in a meeting chaired by Joint Secretary, MNRE on 18 th August, 2011. In the

meeting, it was decided that the balance resources available under the Dfid mandate would be best

utilised by:

Carrying out a field study for developing better understanding the policy related hurdles indevelopment of energy plantation.

Obtaining some more data for making a better quality recommendation report for addressingtariff related issues.

Accordingly, DESL consultants have carried out further study of plantation related issues by undertaking

a field study in the State of Rajasthan and interaction with few developers. These studies have beencarried out in the month of September, 2011.

Similarly, lot more inputs have been obtained on tariff related issues from project developers. The tariff

recommendation note has been revised accordingly and circulated separately.

This report is being presented on energy plantation capturing the present development status, policy

issues and hurdles and recommendations on policy simplification and implementation and targets for

power capacity addition in the 12th plan period.


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Table 2: Energy plantation-Barriers & strategy

Issue Present status Assessed barriers Present best

practice

Recommendation

Policy and

program

administration

There are two

central policies and

few State policies

DLEC to administer

Green India &

Plantation whereas

it is DWDU for

water shed

development

Possible Implementation

hurdles as there are

different institutional

arrangement and it is

proposed to use same

primary resource base for

implementation

None

identified

It is recommended that

the same District Level

Committee, DLEC is

empowered to administer

all the three programs-

Water Shed development,

Green India Mission and

Energy Plantation and

ensure optimum

allocation of resources for

best results overall.

Nodal Agency Different in

different States fordifferent schemes

Multiple transaction

processes

Orissa-

OREDARajasthan-

RREC

State Energy development

Agencies

Land

identification

Different methods

in different States

Time consumed in

identifying

Government/Panchayat

land

Parcel size

Fencing & protection cost

Orissa &

Madhya

Pradesh-

District Level

Committees

are required

to identify

land

State Nodal Agency to

prepare a record of land

bank based on

identification done by

DLEC

Land allocation DLEC - DLEC DLEC-however, processneeds to be simplified to

reduce the transaction

time

Use of private

land

Permitted in few

States

Not permitted in most of

the States

Land ceiling Act

Tamil Nadu It should be permitted

with livelihood safe guard

for sellers

Implementation JFM/Gram Sabha

with budgetary

support from

NREG/Government

schemes and

technical inputs

from Agricultural

department/Power

plant developers

Exclusive use of

local resources

This is proving to be the

biggest hurdle due to

several reasons like:

Non-formation of JFM Impediment in forming

the JFM

Non interest ofPanchayat/lack of

motivation/conflict of

interest-public vs.

private benefits

Non availability oflabour and non-

allowance of

mechanised farming

Delay in getting uniquecode as the same is

Water shed

developmen

t scheme-

Selection of

Project

Implementat

ion

Agencies

Tamil Nadu-

Contract

farming

Two alternative schemes

could be adopted:

1. As provided in thewater shed

development scheme

2. DLEC/Panchayat totender for attracting

private developers

including the Power

Plants-terms of

tender can be

designed for getting

maximum benefits to

the local community

and faster

development of

waste land for

sustainability of the


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provided only as per an

approved budget item-

difficult to include

project mid-stream.

power plants

3. Allowing contractfarming in private

landFinancing Mainly from

NREG/Partly from

other running

schemes like BRGF

No scheme for private

investment in

developmental activities

Bank finance not available

due to allocation and

development policy hurdles

Finance for R&D for varietal

development also not

available

None Inclusion of Energy

Plantation under

agriculture

Developing credit

enhancement scheme

under MNRE patronage

Development subsidy for

few pilots

Monitoring Not clear except for

the Watershed

development by

District Planning

Committee

Remedial action in case of

delay by JFM/Panchayat in

starting and maintaining

development work

Watershed

developmen

t project

DLEC to develop and

implement a monitoring

system

3 Potential-Energy PlantationWasteland available in the country can be utilised for energy plantation as per the varietal suitability.

Several studies have been carried out by different agencies at different points of time to assess the

availability of wasteland and potential for growing plantation crop.

Table 3: Availability of wasteland

S. No. State

Wasteland Area according to

Biomass Atlas (Sq.

Km)

Wasteland Area according to Wasteland

Atlas of India (Sq. Km)

1 Kerala 81.00 2458.69

2 Uttaranchal 121.00 12790.06

3 West Bengal 327.00 1994.41

4 Punjab 512.00 1019.50

5 Orissa 545.00 16648.27

6 Nagaland 649.00 4815.18

7 Sikkim 701.00 3280.88

8 Manipur 1902.00 7027.47

9 Meghalaya 2169.00 3865.76


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10 Haryana 2440.00 2347.05

11 Tripura 2878.00 1315.17

12 Bihar 4020.00 6841.09

13 Mizoram 4480.00 6021.14

14 Assam 6544.00 8778.02

15 Tamil Nadu 6929.00 9125.56

16 Himachal Pradesh 9012.00 22470.05

17 Arunachal Pradesh 9226.00 5743.84

18 Jharkhand 10827.00 11670.14

19 Karnataka 15035.00 14438.12

20 Uttar Pradesh 15555.00 10988.59

21 Chhattisgarh 16925.00 11817.82

22 Andhra Pradesh 27987.00 38788.22

23 Jammu & Kashmir 68946.00 73754.38

24 Madhya Pradesh 73290.00 40042.98

25 Maharashtra 74386.00 38262.81

26 Gujarat 77287.00 21350.38

27 Rajasthan 109753.00 93689.47

28 Goa NA 496.27

29 Delhi NA 83.34

30 Union Territory NA 337.30

Total 542527.00 472261.96


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The plantation potential for different States for the two generic varieties have been accordingly worked

out and graphically shown below.

Figure 2: Plantation potential low yield variety

S. No.Classification of

Wasteland in IndiaArea (Sq km)

% to Total

Wasteland

Area

Land

suitable for

Juliflora

Plantation

Land suitable for

High Yield

Plantation

Remarks

13 Degraded

pastures/grazing la nd

7196.44 1.52% No No -Land for pastures cannot be

considered for energy

plantation as it provides fodder

14 Degraded land under

plantation crops

316.22 0.07% Yes Yes

15 Sands- Riverine 2439.85 0.52% Yes Yes

16 Sands- Coastal sand 719 0.15% Yes No High Yield Plantation cannot be

grown in coastal s and

17 Sands- Desert Sand 5280.07 1.12% Yes No High Yield Plantation cannot be

grown in sa ndy soil

18 Sa nds - Semi-s ta bilized

to stabilized (>40m)

dune

11188.21 2.37% Yes No -Same as above

19 Sa nds - Semi-s ta bilized

to stabilized

moderately high (15-

40m dune

15627.63 3.31% Yes No -Same as above

20 Mining Wastelands 505.35 0.11% No No -Productive Soil is already

eroded, hence cultivation is not

possible

21 Industrial wastelands 63.99 0.01% No No -As most of industrial land is

private, it is difficult to get this

land for plantation

22 Barren rocky area 69373.92 14.69% Yes No High Yield Plantation requires

min. 800mm rainfall and hence

cannot be grown in barren and

rocky area23 Snow cover and/or

glacial area

40694.8 8.62% No No Both these plantation cannot

be grown in snow


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Table 7: Bio-fuel plantation policy review

State Nodal agency Land

classification

Land

identification& allotment

Allottees/allocation

priority

Mode of

farming

Orissa OREDA Barren &

uncultivable;

Boundary &

fence of farms

District level

committee

monitoring by

task force

Vanrakshan

Samities on long

term lease and self

help groups

JFM/Contract

Madhya

Pradesh

MP Agro-

industrial

development

board

Non-forest

wasteland

District level

committee

under

collector

For allocation

of land


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Companies (OMC) would purchase bio-diesel across 20 procurement

centres across the country to blend with high speed diesel w.e.f January

2006. Purchase price set at Rs 26.5 per litre

purchase price. No sale of bio-

diesel.

Self Sustaining Execution phase 2008 to 2012: Targeted to producesufficient biodiesel for 20 percent blending by end of 11

th(2008-12) five

year plan

Lack of large scale plantations,seed collection and extraction

infrastructure, buy-back

arrangements, capacity and

confidence building measures

among farmers impeded the

progress of this phase.

Water shed development & Green India missions

The Water shed development mission launched in 2008 and the Green India Mission launched in

2011 have components for development of forestry through plantation.

The watershed mission has proposed a multi-tier ridge to valley sequenced approach for projectdevelopment. In the upper reaches, which are mostly hilly and forested, the onus of implementation

would mainly lie with the Forest Departments and the Joint Forest Management Committees (JFMC).

The second tier is the intermediate tier or the slopes, which are just above the agricultural lands. In the

intermediate slopes, the Watershed Management approach would address all the necessary issues by

looking at all the best possible options including treatment, cropping pattern, horticulture, agro-forestry

etc.

As to the third level of the plains and the flat areas, where typically, the farmers are operating, there

would be a large concentration of labour intensive works. The watershed development process would

be synergized with the employment generating programmes such as the National Rural Employment

Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) etc thus providing strong

coordination.

The institutional process involvement of multi-tier agencies for managing the various processes:

District Watershed Development Unit (DWDU) for overall management at district level Watershed committees under Panchayat/Gram Sabhas for micro management Implementation by Voluntary Organisations (Project Implementation Agencies) Monitoring by District planning committee/State level nodal agencies

The Green India Mission aims at addressing climate change by:

Enhancing carbon sinks in sustainably managed forests and other ecosystems; Enhancing the resilience and ability of vulnerable species/ecosystems to adapt to the changing

climate; and

Enabling adaptation of forest dependant local communities in the face of climatic variabilityThe mission intends to cover additional 10 million Ha of wasteland under forest coverage. The

development plan has adopted an integrated cross-sectoral approach including with rural energy

development program.

The project is proposed to be managed in a decentralised manner with total involvement of the local

community.

Local communities will be required to play a key role in project governance and implementation. Gram

Sabha and its various committees/groups including JFMCs, CFM groups, Van Panchayats, etc. would be

strengthened as institutions of decentralized forest governance. Likewise, the Mission would support


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revamping/strengthening of the Forest Development Agencies. The Mission would support secured

community tenure, capacity building for adaptive forest management and livelihood support activities

e.g. community based NTFP enterprises5.

Contract farming

The system of contract farming with or without policy support has been in practice for long. Some of the

States provide strong policy support for both land allocation and development. However, most of the

States are sensitive about land allocation. Amongst the States having high potential for energy

plantation, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Orissa have established track record of

having encouraged such developments. States in the North Eastern States have also responded

positively to informal enquiries. Some States like Maharashtra and Karnataka are more sensitive about

land matters6.

The following table shows summary of some illustrative case studies.

Table 9: Illustrative case studies-contract farming7

State Name of the

scheme

Scheme in brief Targeted benefits

Assam Area Development

Scheme

The Scheme envisages

cultivation of Bamboo on

wastelands.

Farmers would be

benefited in terms

of production and income

Bihar Basmati rice Assured procurement Crop grown through organic

farming methods prescribed

by it.

Chattisgarh MSSL Mahindra

Krishi Vihars

Supply of quality inputs,

technical guidance, and buyback of produce at pre decided

price.

Assured availability of

quality produce in requiredquantities at pre decided

rates

Haryana TATA Kisan Sansar

(TKS) through TATA

Krishi Vikas Kendra

(TKVK)

Enhanced farm productivity &

income

i) Achievement of leadership

by delivering value to

agriculture

ii) Social engineering

through community service

iii) Serving as a complete

solution provider to farmers

and building lastingrelationship

Himachal

Pradesh

Himalayan

International

Limited Cultivation

of 3 herbs

Assured

purchase of

crop by the

company at a prefixed price

Assured supply

Madhya

Pradesh

Reliance Life

Science Ltd

Purchase is affected through

traders. No direct benefit to

Availability of aromatic oils

for export purposes

5Draft mission document May 24, 2010

6Report of Working Group of MNRE on Energy Plantation

7State level policy document available in respective websites


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aromatic oils farmers.

Maharashtra S. H. Kelkar Group

of Companies

Patchouli (Aromaticoil plant)

i) Availability of tissue culture

planting material

ii) Marketing facility by the

company

Availability of assured

quality raw material

Punjab Vardhaman led

Consortium of

spinning mills of

North India & State

Bank of Patiala

Village

Cluster adoption

program

Productivity of cotton increased

from 4.6 quintals in 2002-03 to

9.6 quintals per acre.

ii) Expenditure reduced from

Rs.7995 per acre in 2002- 03 to

Rs. 7112 in 2003-04

Increased production &

hence better capacity

utilization of plants &

machinery.

Policy for Energy Plantation

Rajasthan is the 1st and only State so far to have declared a specific policy on Energy Plantation named

policy for Promoting Generation of Electricity from Biomass, 2010.

The salient features of the policy are:

1. Eligibility-The facility under the policy would be available to power plants who intend to supply100% power to the Discoms.

2. Permitted Land usea. Government/Common land

i. Degraded forest land through JFM committeeii. Government waste land/barren land/saline land through concerned Gram

Panchayat

iii. Panchayat waste land/barren land/saline land through concerned GramPanchayat

b. Private landi. Leasing of Khatedari land which is barren for upto 30 years without affecting

the Khatedary rights of the Khatedar

ii. Purchase of Khatedary land in access of ceiling limit as per Ceiling Act, 19733. Support from Agricultural department to develop plantation as agricultural activity4. Identification of land-By the eligible power plant promoter within the command area as per

registration with RREC

5. Maximum usage-500 Ha/MW6. Institutional process

a. Institutions involved-RREC/ JFM/Gram Panchayat/District Collector/CEO ZilaParishad/DFO/ District level Empowered Committee (DLEC)/BDO/RERC

b. Transaction processi. Approvals from:

a) JFM/Gram Panchayat for land use


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b) RREC (Recommendation to District Collector) for consideration by DLECc) District Collector/DFO for sanction by DLECd) DLEC for development

ii. Tripartite development agreement-Gram Pnachayat/Zila Parishad (JFM forforest land) and Biomass Power Producer

iii. The Zila Parishad to undertake development activities by Gram Panchayat/JFMCommittee through NREGS/other schemes of Zila Parishad

iv. Biomass Power Developer/ Forest/Agricultural departments to provide supportto Gram Panchayat/JFM committee for the development work

v. Gram Panchayat/JFM supplies the produce primarily to the biomass producers.Certain percentage of the produce may be kept reserved for bonafide domestic

use

vi.

RREC prescribes the fuel cost for the power plantvii. DLEC determines the price of produce based on the cost so prescribed by RREC

viii. Harvesting and logistics management from plantation site to the power plant tobe carried out by Power Plant Developer-the cost of the same would be fixed

either on normative basis or as per tariff order from RERC

Summary-Policy Review

There are certain common features in all the above reviewed policies, which are relevant to

development Energy Plantation. These are:

1. Land use-Mainly barren and wasteland. In some cases use of private land is also permittedsubject to certain restrictive conditions.

2. Quantum of land that can be used-In case of Rajasthan, which is the only State to have policy forenergy plantation, quantum of usage is restricted to 500 Ha/MW. As per yield record of existing

farms, this would be able to support upto only 2 MW capacity.

3. Approval process-Almost in all the cases, approval process is quite complex requiringinvolvement of agencies at different levels starting from village level to the DLEC. This may be

desirable from the perspective of managing social issues. However, individual Biomass Power

Developer may find the transaction process extremely time and cost consuming hampering the

development process.

4. Forest development-In all the cases, this is proposed to be carried out through Gram Panchayat/Gram Sabhas. Power Plant Developers practically would not have any management role in the

development work.

5 Energy Plantation-Case StudiesFew developers in the States of Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh have developed high yield plantation

under different models of development. Few existing Power Developers in the State of Rajasthan have

initiated development activities as per the State policy.


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Energy Plantation Projects India (EPPI)

Energy Plantation Projects India (EPPI) has developed such farms under three separate models, outrightpurchase of fallow land from farmers, lease under shared revenue and lease under annual payment/acre

(both for 15 years lease)8. The company has been able to develop over 350 acres of high yield plantation

but have not succeeded in setting up the power plant due to financing difficulties.

Initially difficulty was faced in getting the land-high cost was incurred in brokerage fee. However, after

demonstration of the project viability, the company has succeeded in getting more parcels of land

directly from farmers. The company had also faced difficulty in raising finance but was finally successful

in getting the same from Indian Overseas Bank. Difficulties have also been faced due to stealing of plants

as farmers do not agree to fencing as a preventive measure.

In overall terms, this case has proven usefulness of private development so long State policy did not

come in the way of the same. However, financing issues for both plantation and power plant have to be

addressed.

Some of the research & development institutes mainly in the private sector are working on the varietal

development work on commercial scale. They are supporting development of plantation farms in India

and abroad. Perusal of the costing data as shown in the following table indicates high viability of

plantation options for sustainable operation of the biomass power plants.

Table 10: Cost of energy plantation9

Particulars Unit

Variety

Beema Vanasree Juliflora

Different

high yield

Developer/Service

provider Growmore EBTI Transtech EPPI

Yield-Normal (10%

moisture)(40%

moisture) T/acre /yr 25-30 NA 125

Yield max.(40%

moisture) T/acre /yr 50 100 15 190

GCV (10% moisture) Kcal/Kg 4000 4250 4000 4000

Initial land

development cost Rs lac/acre 1 0.9

Solar fencing Rs/Meter 125

Maintenance cost Rs/acre/yr 20000 18000

Overall variable cost Rs/T 500 290 1100

8EPPI website and field study.

9Interaction with developers


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Power yield KW/acre 5.6 11.8 1.7 15

Land required Acre/MW 180 85 600 66

However, issues of financing of power plants based on these models, particularly for larger power

plants due to the following reasons:

1. Uncertainty of development rights-during the contracted lease period/expiry of lease period2. Control over price particularly under shared revenue model3. Diversion of cultivable land-social tension4. Demonstrated sustainability of yield over long period

Transtech Green Power Private Limited (TGPPL), Rajasthan

Introduction

This case pertains to an already established power project, which has not been able to sustain operation

due to non-availability and higher price of biomass and unremunerative tariff allowed by RERC. On a

short term basis, the company has been aggressively pursuing with all relevant authorities for tariff

revision so that the project does not become NPA. As a long term strategy, the company has initiated

action on investing in energy plantation as per policy of the State Government.

Project particulars

The project particulars are as shown in the following table.

Table 11: Transtech biomass project particulars

Description DetailsCapacity 12 MW

Location Sanchor Tehsil, Jalore District

Commissioning date 28th July, 2010

Main fuel Juliaflora

Auxiliary fuel Mustard residue

Land identification

As per policy of the Government, identification of land is to be carried out by the Power Project

Developer. Accordingly, TGPPL constituted a project team to carry out extensive survey for identification

of land covering both degraded forest land and barren Panchayat land.

Details of availability of degraded forest land in the command area of power plant were obtained from

the forest department. Assistance was sought from the forest department for clearer demarcation of

available land. Informal assistance was got from the Ranger of the forest department based on which

following three parcels of forest land as were identified.


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Table 12: Forest land identified by TPPL

Village Area in Ha

Galifa Khar 100Hatimtai Jod, Khanpur Range, Bhinmal 200

Jod Junjad 200

The process was initiated in Jan, 2011 and completed by March 2011.

About 1000 Ha of barren Panchayat land was also identified in the Village Galifa. As per requirement of

the policy, TGPPL took steps necessary for getting NOC from the Panchayat. A Gram Sabha meeting was

called in the village which was attended by over 100 members of the village. The meeting had been

going on smoothly till one member raised objection about selling land to private power plant. Repeated

efforts were made to explain the policy of the Government that there was no sale involved, that alldevelopment rights would remain with Panchayat, assistance that would be provided to Panchayat for

forest development, availability of cooking fuel and other benefits and the obligation of Panchayat was

to sign an agreement to sell the produce the Power Plant. However, soon the there was polarisation

between members on political and social lines and finally the contra group prevailed and the proposal

was rejected.

Development work-degraded forest land

Formation of Joint Forest Committee (JFM) & Obtaining NOC

JFM usually comprises of a forest department employee (Ranger) and self help/social group from local

population including women, SC/ST members and other villagers. The JFM is formally approved by DFO

based on which the committee can open a Bank account, which is currently the only instrument

providing legal back up for them to promote forest development as per policy.

At the time of initiation of the project development work, there was no JFM in the project area. TGPPL

undertook an awareness development and promotional campaign for formation of JFM and getting all

the approval processed done. Necessary support was provided by the Forest department on voluntary

basis.

NOC is required from joint forest committee (JFM) for land allocation. Presently, there is no guidelinebased on which such NOC can be provided/rejected by JFM. It was therefore, necessary to spend

considerable time in sensitising the members of the JFM about benefit from the plantation.

The NOC was obtained from JFM on 31st

March 2011

RREC approval

Immediately post obtaining the NOC from JFM, application for allocation of land was made to RREC.

RREC forwarded their recommendation to District Collector (DC) on 20th April, 2011.


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DLEC process

DC approved the recommendation and advised DFO to call DLEC meeting for consideration of theproposal for approval. Normally DC, DFO, Revenue officer, Deputy Director Agricultural, District

Transportation Officer, RREC are the members of DLEC. The project developer is the invite member of

DLEC.

The DLEC meeting was held on 2nd

July 2011.

During the meeting various issues including approval of land allocation and biomass prices as per policy

of RREC were discussed and approved.

The MOM was approved on 28th

Aug 2011 and Power Plant developer was informed accordingly.

Initiating the development work

The development work has to be undertaken by JFM, which required it to undertake several activities in

parallel:

Obtaining the Unique code from the Block development Officer (BDO) Approval of Gram Panchayat for undertaking the development activities through NREGS/other

schemes

Getting local labour (Outside labour not permitted as per policy) and only manual method canbe deployed for plantation work

The unique code was obtained on 14th September, 2011, practically 9 months after initiation of the

land identification work and with almost day to day follow up work for expediting approval process at

various ends.

The plantation work could not be initiated planned for the rainy season as now hurdles are being faced

in getting labour.

6 Concluding recommendationFollowing conclusions can be drawn from the policy and case study analyses presented above.

Plantation would provide the most attractive option for sustaining fuel supply to biomass powerplants at acceptable price level.

There are quite a few commonalities amongst various programs on development of agro-forestry in wasteland, which can be synergised for accelerating development of biomass power

There are many complex issues, as presented in the following table that need to be addressedthrough both Central and State level policy and program intervention.


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Table 13: Policy recommendations

Issue Present status Hurdles Present best

practice

Recommendation

Policy and

program

administration

There are two

central policies and

few State policies

DLEC to administer

Green India &

Plantation whereas

it is DWDU for

water shed

development

Possible Implementation

hurdles as there are

different institutional

arrangement and it is

proposed to use same

primary resource base for

implementation

None

identified

It is recommended that

the same District Level

Committee, DLEC is

empowered to administer

all the three programs-

Water Shed development,

Green India Mission and

Energy Plantation and

ensure optimum

allocation of resources for

best results overall.

Nodal Agency Different in

different States fordifferent schemes

Multiple transaction

processes

Orissa-

OREDARajasthan-

RREC

State Energy development

Agencies

Land

identification

Different methods

in different States

Time consumed in

identifying

Government/Panchayat

land

Parcel size

Fencing & protection cost

Orissa &

Madhya

Pradesh-

District Level

Committees

are required

to identify

land

State Nodal Agency to

prepare a record of land

bank based on

identification done by

DLEC

Land allocation DLEC - DLEC DLEC-however, processneeds to be simplified to

reduce the transaction

time

Use of private

land

Permitted in few

States

Not permitted in most of

the States

Land ceiling Act

Tamil Nadu It should be permitted

with livelihood safe guard

for sellers

Implementation JFM/Gram Sabha

with budgetary

support from

NREG/Government

schemes and

technical inputs

from Agricultural

department/Power

plant developers

Exclusive use of

local resources

This is proving to be the

biggest hurdle due to

several reasons like:

Non-formation of JFM Impediment in forming

the JFM

Non interest ofPanchayat/lack of

motivation/conflict of

interest-public vs.

private benefits

Non availability oflabour and non-

allowance of

mechanised farming

Delay in getting uniquecode as the same is

Water shed

developmen

t scheme-

Selection of

Project

Implementat

ion

Agencies

Tamil Nadu-

Contract

farming

Two alternative schemes

could be adopted:

4. As provided in thewater shed

development scheme

5. DLEC/Panchayat totender for attracting

private developers

including the Power

Plants-terms of

tender can be

designed for getting

maximum benefits to

the local community

and faster

development of

waste land for

sustainability of the


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provided only as per an

approved budget item-

difficult to include

project mid-stream.

power plants

6. Allowing contractfarming in private

landFinancing Mainly from

NREG/Partly from

other running

schemes like BRGF

No scheme for private

investment in

developmental activities

Bank finance not available

due to allocation and

development policy hurdles

Finance for R&D for varietal

development also not

available

None Inclusion of Energy

Plantation under

agriculture

Developing credit

enhancement scheme

under MNRE patronage

Development subsidy for

few pilots

Monitoring Not clear except for

the Watershed

development by

District Planning

Committee

Remedial action in case of

delay by JFM/Panchayat in

starting and maintaining

development work

Watershed

developmen

t project

DLEC to develop and

implement a monitoring

system

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