DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Punjab New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Mr Aman Arora, on Friday, directed the officials to work out modalities for testing and encouraging utilization of Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) produced by Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant as bi-product. He was presiding over the maiden meeting of a 21-member Task Force constituted to discuss and create an enabling mechanism for off-take of Fermented Organic Manure (FOM) generated from Compressed Biogas (CBG) projects based on agro-residue at Punjab Bhawan here. Compressed Biogas (CBG) plants are the answer to thwart the stubble burning problem in scientific ways as these plants generate clean & green energy from paddy straw and other agro-residue, while creating extra income source for farmer community, said Mr. Aman Arora. These types of projects will be benefiting the farmers in multiple ways as these plants use crop residual as raw material and collect the paddy stubble from their fields without putting any financial burden on them, he added. As many as 20 million ton paddy straw was being produced every year, said Mr. Aman Arora while adding that Punjab has a huge potential for CBG plants based on agro-residue. Punjab Government is committed to facilitate and promote such environment and farmer friendly projects. (editor@dailyworld.in)