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Modi to Inaugurate India’s First Bamboo-Based Ethanol Plant in Assam on September 8

The facility will create market linkages for five lakh tonnes of bamboo a year to generate livelihoods for 30,000 rural households.

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah
PM Narendra Modi set to inaugurate India’s first bamboo-based ethanol plant at Numaligarh

Overview

  • The ₹4,000 crore Assam Bio Ethanol Private Limited–NRL joint venture has completed a second-generation bio-refinery at Numaligarh with a 185 kilolitre-per-day capacity.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Numaligarh plant and address a public meeting in Golaghat district on September 8.
  • The refinery will process five lakh tonnes of bamboo annually, generating around ₹200 crore in business opportunities across its value chain.
  • The project underscores India’s push for sustainable, non-food biomass fuels and innovation-driven industrialisation in the Northeast.
  • Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to visit Assam on August 29 to inaugurate the new Raj Bhawan at Kharguli and launch cooperative societies in villages.