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India is among one of the fastest growing economies in the world and its energy consumption is expected to increase rapidly.  
Bio CBG is a highly purified Biogas, and has gained popularity as a greener fuel in recent years. The gas is created by mixture of different gases including 90% of methane with high calorific value, when anaerobic digestion breaks down organic matter, taken from Municipal solid waste, sugar mill, agricultural waste, etc, that digester convert the waste to Bio gas and making it a perfect renewable automobile fuel.
Fossil fuels can be easily replaced and Bio gas produces 20-60 percent less emissions. Adopting Bio CBG can not only help in ensuring a cleaner environment, but it can also reduce our dependence on imported liquid natural gas, thereby saving the forex reserves, enhancing quality of life, assist the farmer by increasing their income, entrepreneurial opportunity and job creation leading to rural development to meet the goal of sustainable development. 
In 2018, the Government of India announced the national policy on Biofuels with a goal to increase the usage of Biofuels. Building the biofuels market in India is of strategic importance as they increase well with the ongoing initiatives such as Make in India, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Atmanirbhar Bharat and proposing great opportunity to integrate with the striving targets of waste to wealth creation, promotion of organic farming, rural economic development, reducing carbon emissions, and ensuring healthy lives of millions of people.
The Government of India is proactively working towards SATAT scheme (Sustainable alternative towards affordable transportation) initiative is to set up 5,000 CBG plants which foresee target production of 15 million metric ton of CBG by 2023-24.
Addressing the domestic feedstock and adapting the Bio-fuel is essential which can largely impact the community well-being.
As per Renewable watch research, there are 17 bio CNG plants in the country, aggregating a capacity of 46, 178 kg per day. Most of the plants are located in the western and the northern regions of the country, accounting for approximately 96.5 per cent of the Bio-CNG capacity. These plants are spread over Gujarat, Uttrakhand, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra, of which, Maharashtra holds the largest capacity and highest number of plants as well. Maharashtra and Gujarat contribute 63 per cent of the country’s total installed Bio CNG capacity.
Both Bio CNG and CNG are methane based gases. CNG comes from the ground while CBG supplies from waste materials. Since there is no significant difference between two fuels, both Bio CBG and CNG can be purchased from the same stations to utilize for automotive fuels.
Bio CBG holds a substantial potential and the more people start adopting it as future fuel the more it can help reduce our import dependency and position it as a sustainable circular economy.  
Additionally, clean fuels are in the sweet spot in India, the government has introduced many initiatives which have been embraced by many PSUs and market players in the energy sector, which together create a positive momentum for India to achieve its sustainable development goal.