Villages across India may soon see a decline in rotting cow dung heaps, thanks to a new initiative by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The NDDB is setting up 15 compressed biogas (CBG) plants at a cost of ₹750 crore in six states — Gujarat, Goa, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Odisha and Bihar — to convert cow dung into clean energy.As part of this program, farmers will be paid up to ₹1 per kilogram of cow dung supplied to these plants which once ready will require more than 1,500 tonne of cow dung dail ...