Why in news?

• Recently, the PM inaugurated Asia’s biggest Bio-CNG plant – the Gobar-Dhan plant – in Indore.
• Government is working to build such plants in 75 major municipal bodies in the next 2 years.
• Municipal solid waste based Gobar-Dhan plant is in line with “garbage-free cities” under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Urban 2.0.
• Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan (GOBAR-DHAN) scheme focuses on managing and converting cattle dung and solid waste in farms to compost, biogas and bio-CNG.
• It was launched by Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation (Now Ministry of Jal Shakti) in 2018 as part of the SBM (Gramin).