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rural people, develop green lands, and drive the economy in the socioeco-
nomic way through many policy instruments and incentives. India's mission
is to create 10 million employments within 10 years. In view of this, at
present India has estimated to generate 900,000 employments by 2025 in
biomass gasification sector alone. Of which, nearly 300,000 would be in the
manufacturing and 600,000 in the areas of operation and fuel supply. This is
necessary to realize the dream of India to achieve sustainable development
(Source: MNRE, India).
As far as waste plastics are concerned, plastic is becoming hazardous;
therefore, several researchers are trying to harness energy from waste plas-
tics. The overall economics of plastics are case-specific. It depends on the
feedstock acquisition costs and markets. In India, during 2013, about nearly
300 million tons of plastics were produced; it is about 4%–5% increases
compared to 2012. However, recuperation and recycling remained insuf-
ficient because millions of tons of plastics end up in landfills and some
waste plastics move in the oceans with approximately 10–20 million tons of
plastic per year. On an average, it is reported that about 4–5 trillion plastic
wastes weighing about more than 2 lakhs tons are currently migrating in the
world’s oceans.

11.1.2 Current Status, Challenges, and Opportunities

Several reasons have been identified toward the use of renewable en-
ergy sources. They include mainly air pollution, environmental concern,
and socioeconomic issues. In India, several rural, remote areas and hilly
stations still do not have power supply properly. Internal combustion
(IC) engine applications with use of renewable energy sources such as
biodiesels and producer gas derived from biomass, fuel oil derived from
waste low-density polyethylene (LDPE) etc. play very significant role in
energy sector because it is an attractive elucidation to the energy crisis.
In addition, bio-derived fuels are far more attractive option because of
their quick biodegradability and friendly environmental nature. Hence, it
is essential due to suspicions connected with the potential availability of
fossil fuel. In view of this, India has already established biomass-based de-
centralized energy generation technologies and implemented in several
places.
As far as implementation of power generation plants using renewable
sources is concerned, India has established 150,000 MW capacity plant
moving toward decentralized power generation with low, medium, and
large scale electrification. Biofuels derived from different origin are available