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1 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT CONTENTS A. Project title B. Project description C. Proof of project eligibility D. Unique Project Identification E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process F. Outcome sustainability assessment G. Sustainability monitoring plan H. Additionality and conservativeness deviations Annex 1 ODA declarations 1

2 SECTION A. Project Title [See Toolkit 1.6] SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA Gulbarga Biodigester Project CPA1 Version 4 Date: 18//07/2013 GS Number: 1127 SECTION B. Project description [See Toolkit 1.6] Estimated start date of construction: 1st January The starting date of the CPA has been after the date when the PoA has been webhosted, which was on the 14/02/2012 and will be the day when first payment for the materials required for biodigester construction has been made. The CPA is to install 6890 biogas plants one each for household in old Gulbarga (including Yadgir district) and Bidar districts of Karnataka State in India. The biogas plant size of either 2m 3 gas per day or 3 m 3 gas per day depends upon the size of the family and the cattle they own. This CPA is a real case CPA, part of SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA for registration of the same. SKG Sangha will implement, maintain and monitor this project. The proposed project will provide biogas units to households in rural areas of Gulbarga, Yadgir and Bidar Districts of Karnataka State in India. The project will reduce the amount of fuel wood used for cooking and heating water and will replace inefficient traditional cooking stoves with cleaner biogas stoves. The project will also reduce methane emissions from cattle manure and will contribute strongly to the sustainable development of the rural households involved in the project. The biogas technology is tried and tested in rural India. SKG Sangha, a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), will implement the project. SKG Sangha has already successfully implemented over 100,000 biogas units in India over the last 18 years. Many of these biogas units were implemented with the help of government subsidies but the availability of these subsidies has reduced drastically in recent years from around 21,500 units per year to around 10,000 units per year for the entire state. As there are over 27 districts in the state, this equates to at best only few hundreds of biogas units per district and even smaller number at a Taluk level. Similarly, charity or donor financing has contributed in a small way to biogas units in the past but such financing is not able to cover the vast need for improving the energy supply to rural households in India. SKG Sangha therefore looking at the Clean Development Mechanism to provide biogas 2

3 systems to rural households. GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT The project encompasses 6890 households in all 15 Taluks in the Yadgir, Gulbarga and Bidar Districts in Karnataka State. In each of the 6890 households covered by the proposed project a family size biogas unit will be installed. The biogas unit will be of either 2m 3 or 3m 3 capacity depending on the number and type of cattle owned by the household and the number of people in the household. At least two heads of cattle are required for a household to be eligible for a 2m 3 biogas unit and at least 3 heads of cattle are required for a household to be eligible for a 3m 3 biogas unit. Overall it is planned to install 3445 units of 3 m 3 capacity and 3445units of 2 m 3 capacity. The capacity of the unit to be installed in the household will be decided based on the number of members and the number of the cattle they own. If the family is big and they are having less number of cattle then a small size unit will be installed. If the family is small and they own large number of cattle then also a small size unit will be installed. If the family is big and they own more than 3 cattle then a large size unit will be installed. This project is meant for creating sustainable energy supply to the households for their energy needs. In some cases where the family is small and having more than 3 cattle and have to cook for the labourers a big size unit will be installed. In the baseline survey the wood use meant for the family members only is considered. The project will result in greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings in the following ways: The biogas will displace GHG emissions from fuel wood that are currently used for cooking and water heating. The biogas produced from cattle manure is a renewable source of energy as the CO 2 that is absorbed during the growth of the organic matter in the dung equals to the CO 2 emitted when the biogas is burnt (see the introduction in chapter 10.1, Volume 4 of the Revised IPCC Guidelines 2006). In accordance with methodology AMS-I.E, emission reductions are calculated for the non-renewable part of the fuel wood that would be used for cooking and water heating without the proposed project activity. The biogas will displace GHG emissions from cattle manure that is currently dumped in pits near the household. The cattle manure is dumped along with other waste such as straw from the cow shed, some kitchen waste, crop residues and other organic matter and liquids in the pit. This material in the pit is never completely dry and does not get turned therefore animal waste is decaying anaerobically and emitting methane. When cattle manure is fed to the bio-reactor, the emissions from the amount of manure that is added to the bioreactor will be avoided. The project will have multiple sustainable development benefits in addition to the reduction in GHG emissions: Efficient cooking stoves fired with biogas will reduce indoor air pollution and 3

4 respiratory problems currently caused by smoke from inefficient cook stoves burning fuel wood; Currently the majority of the collected fuel wood used for cooking and heating water represents non-renewable biomass. The installation of a biogas unit will reduce the consumption of fuel wood by participating households and will therefore reduce the pressure on scarce forest resources in the project area; Women and children can use time that is otherwise required for collecting fuel wood for education and generating income; Biogas provides a more convenient, dependable energy source that is renewable and that reduces cooking time as there is no longer a need to set a fire and get it going; Cleaning of the kitchen and pots used for cooking is easier as biogas is a clean burning fuel and does not produce the levels of soot and other particulate matter that is produced by burning fuel wood and The slurry produced from the biogas units is a valuable organic fertiliser that can be applied directly to the fields or composted with other organic material to improve crop yields and reduce the use of chemical fertilisers. SKG Sangha has developed extensive knowledge about biogas units that are suitable for rural households in India, what functions well and what may induce problems, as well as knowledge about waste management, sludge application, composting and proper use of sludge or compost. SKG Sangha will conduct a number of meetings with eligible households and provide training to transfer this knowledge. The Government of India does not request an Environmental Impact Assessment of a project activity of that kind. 4

5 SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility C.1. Scale of the Project [See Toolkit 1.2.a] Please tick where applicable: Project Type Large Small C.2. Host Country [See Toolkit 1.2.b] India 5

6 C.3. Project Type [See Toolkit 1.2.c and Toolkit Annex C] Please tick where applicable: Project type Yes No Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project? Does your project activity classify as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project? Please justify the eligibility of your project activity: The CPA fulfils all the eligibility criteria: The CPA is to install biodigesters which will be fed with cow dung to generate biogas (AMS. III.R. ver. 2 under CDM 1 ). The generated biogas will be used as cooking fuel replacing the traditional wood fuel cook stove. The wood fuel used in the project area is coming from non-renewable (AMS. I. E. vers. 4 under CDM 2 ) sources and the cow dung is a renewable source. Thus, the programme classifies as renewable energy supply activity. The CPA is small- scale activity below 15MW. The CPA is located in the Republic of India, which has ratified the Kyoto protocol and is listed as a Non-Annex I country with no cap on GHG emissions. Transfer of credits ownership is guaranteed from biogas user to programme owner. The beneficiaries sign a Model End User agreement between PIP and transferring their ownership of CERs. Please see PDD Annex 6. No ODA money is used to finance this CPA. The CPA reduces CO2, CH4 emissions by reducing the consumption of nonrenewable firewood Pre Announcement Yes No Was your project previously announced? Explain your statement on pre announcement The proposed project activity has not been announced previously without mentioning that it will be conducted as a carbon offset programme

7 The project idea was announced in the stake holder meeting. The CPA LSC has been conducted on C.4. Greenhouse gas [See Toolkit 1.2.d] Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide Methane Nitrous oxide No C.5. Project Registration Type [See Toolkit 1.2.f] Project Registration Type Regular Pre-feasibility assessment Retroactive projects (T.2.5.1) Preliminary evaluation (eg: Large Hydro or palm oil-related project) (T.2.5.2) Rejected by UNFCCC (T2.5.3) If Retroactive, please indicate Start Date of Construction dd/mm/yyyy: 7

8 SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location [See Toolkit 1.6] The SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA Gulbarga Biodigester Project CPA1 will be implemented in the households in old Gulbarga (including Yadgir district) and Bidar Districts of Karnataka State, India. The geographical coordinates of the project area are given below: Old Gulbarga District (including Yadgir District): North latitudes: and East longitudes: and Bidar District: North latitudes: and East longitudes: and Explain given coordinates The project units will be installed in households of Bidar, Gulbarga and Yadgir districts. The actual project locations will be known only after installation of the units. The outer ranges of geographical coordinates of the project areas were given above. 8

9 D.2. Map [See Toolkit 1.6] Karnataka State Karnataka State on Map of India Source of the map: 9

10 Map showing the project location in Karnataka state map SECTION E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments [See Toolkit Annex J] [See Local Stakeholder Consultation Report B.5 and insert table from ii Assessment of comments. Insert a summary of alterations based on comments] In many of the local level consultation meetings, people demanded to start the project immediately. Participants told that they are very eagerly waiting to have the biogas plant in their premises. Few of them expressed to lessen the beneficiary burden to 15% as they are poor and could not afford the cost. Many of them expressed that monitoring of plant functionality will answer many of the sustainable development aspects. No alterations were required as there no comments that mandate any change or alterations in the project design. 10

11 Assessment of all comments Stakeholder comment Animal husbandry Department, Govt. of Karnataka extended their full support to the project. If the family is big, is there a provision in the project to install a higher size biogas plants? Is it possible to install the plant to those who does not have cow dung but having sufficient kitchen waste? How about the maintenance of plant after 10 years? Is it possible to install units in the urban areas? Was comment taken into account (Yes/ No)? YES YES YES YES YES Explanation (Why? How?) The project will take the assistance of the Animal Husbandry Department help in identifying the beneficiaries. The beneficiary has to bear the additional cost of the higher size and the project will consider it as 3m 3 plant and limit the emission savings to this extent. The project is meant for the households having animals. Kitchen waste biogas plants does not come under this project. If the beneficiaries are ready to bear the higher cost then it is possible to install the unit under Govt. subsidy scheme. SKG Sangha will provide maintenance for the entire life time, about more than 20 years of the unit. The project unit will be maintained for the entire crediting periods. SKG Sangha is maintaining biogas plants even after the project mandatory maintenance period and so maintenance will be provided for the entire lifetime of the project unit. Yes. The units can be installed in urban areas too if the eligible beneficiaries come forward. E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round Please describe report how the feedback round was organised, what the outcomes were and how you followed up on the feedback. 11

12 [See Toolkit 2.11] GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT SKG Sangha undertook a stakeholder feedback round (SFR) as per the requirement and provision of the Gold standards rules for GS projects. The feedback round had a duration of 2 month; it started on 25 th March 2012 and ended on 24 th May The feedback round provided an opportunity for all the stakeholders to give their input on project progress and perceived impacts as well as evaluate how their input at the local stakeholders consultation meeting (held in September 2011) was included in project documents and design. All stakeholders that were invited to the local stakeholder meeting (PoA and CPA level) were invited to the SFR to give feedback on the project. A Call for Stakeholder Feedback Round (see Annex 2) was sent out via and the latest versions of the PDD, the GS Passport and the stakeholder report were published on the Gold Standard website to make them accessible to all stakeholders. The SFR has been carried out in three ways: 1. An , in English, was sent on 25th March 2012 requesting feedback on the project and documents. All the necessary documents were attached to the mail. GS web links were included to find soft copies that were made publicly available. Feedback (FB): No FB was received. 2. Telephone: Direct contact through telephone with people who participated in the PoA and CPA LSC meetings requesting their feedback. The list of few people contacted and their contact details were given below. 1. Mrs. Jyothy Reddy, President, Mahila Okkuta, Bangalore Dr. GNS Reddy, BAIF, Thiptur, Tumkur District, Karnataka State 3. Mr. Veeranna, PE, IREP, Zilla Panchayath, Bidar 4. Mr. Khadir, Pe, IREP, Zilla Panchayath, Gulbarga 5. Mr. Prasad, SPACE, NGO, Kolar 6. Mr. Subbegowda, Secretary, Organic Farmers Association, Tumkur FB: The above people expressed their full support for the programme and told that the programme is the most needed one in the present times. 3. District level: The documents were handed over to the Panchayath secretaries and a notice, in local language, requesting the public in general for the feedback was posted on the notice boards of the district office. 12

13 FB: No comments received GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Conclusion: No negative issues neither on the PoA nor on the CPA level were raised that did have an impact on either project design or implementation. SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment F.1. Do no harm Assessment [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex H] Safeguarding principles Description of relevance to my project Assessment of my project risks breaching it (low, medium, high) Mitigation measure 1. The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. The project is not complicit in Human Rights abuses The project does not introduce an entirely new concept that is far off the local culture. Cooking with biogas is already an accepted cooking method, the restraints lay rather in the financial affordability than in habit changing. No significant change in cultural practice shall occur. Since people are free in participating in the project there are no constraints as to their freedom and liberty. 3 Low Not needed 2. The project does not involve and is not complicit in The project does not involve in involuntary resettlement as the proposed project will Low Not needed

14 involuntary resettlement take place within the already existing family property. There is no major change in cooking habits with the use of biogas instead of fuel wood. Therefore the result of this project won t damage or remove cultural heritage. 3. The project does not involve and is not complicit in the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage 4. The project respects the employees freedom of association and their right to collective bargaining and is not complicit in restrictions of these freedoms and rights Low Not needed The design and construction of the digesters are conducted by qualified workers who are willing to work for the programme against a reasonable wage payment The project will respect the employees freedom of associations and their right to collective bargaining. India s Ministry of Labour and Employment provides oversight and safeguard for employees freedoms and rights. India has not yet ratified ILO conventions No. 87 and Low Not needed 5. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour This project will not at any stage use force or use any other means that will be considered forceful to have people work in Biogas digester construction or buying. India has ratified ILO Conventions No. 29 and 105. Low Not needed 6. The project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labour All workers are adults (above 18years). No child labour is engaged for the construction of the biogas digesters or for the preparation of any Low Not needed

15 construction material needed. This is being ensured by SKG Sangha through ID checks at time of employment. 7. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis All villagers are eligible to work the project regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis In the matter of labour discrimination, India has ratified ILO Conventions No. 100 (Equal Remuneration) and 111 (Employment and Occupation Discrimination). 5 Low Not needed 8. The project provides workers with a safe and healthy work environment and is not complicit in exposing workers to unsafe or unhealthy work environments 9. The project takes a precautionary approach in regard to environmental challenges and is not complicit in practices contrary to the precautionary principle No hazardous material will be used in any of the activity of the project. The biogas units will be constructed of bricks, sand, cement, pipes, pipe fittings, metal clips, wire and gas burners. These materials do not contain any toxic subtracts. The project promotes environment protection by replacing wood or petro product with carbon neutral biogas. 6 Low Not needed Low Not needed

16 10. The project does not involve and is not complicit in significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats, including those that are (a) legally protected, (b) officially proposed for protection, (c) identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value, or (d) recognized as protected by traditional local communities The project does not involve in degradation of natural habitats. More over it improves conditions in the natural habitats. The projects diminish the use of wood fuel. Low Not needed 11. The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption The project does not involve or encourage corruption Low Not needed Additional relevant critical issues for my project type Description of relevance to my project Assessment of relevance to my project (low, medium, high) Mitigation measure NIL NIL NIL NIL F.2. Sustainable Development matrix [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] Insert table in section C3 from your Stakeholder Consultation report (Sustainable Development matrix). 16

17 Indicator Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Mitigation measure If relevant, copy mitigation measure from Do No Harm assessment, and include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of - Relevance to achieving MDG Check and Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals Chosen parameter and explanation Defined by project developer Preliminary score Negative impact: score - in case negative impact is not fully mitigated, score 0 in case impact is planned to be fully mitigated No change in impact: score 0 Air quality No mitigation measures required MDG 4: Reducing child mortality rates MDG 5: Improving maternal health Biogas generated in the project unit will replace fire wood based cook stoves and avoids indoor air pollution. This avoidance of IAP will leads to child and maternal health improvements No. of biogas units constructed and operating Deduction in incidence of health problems due to better indoor air quality Number of positive comments on indoor air quality improvement Positive impact: score

18 from households using biogas digesters. This indicator will be monitored using Monitoring Surveys. Water quality and quantity No mitigation measures required MDG 4: Reducing child mortality rates MDG 5: Improving maternal health MDG 7: Environmental sustainability In the base line scenario the cow dung is dumped in the traditional compost pits and during the year it leeches pollutants and spoils the ground and surface waters. When the cow dung is fed to the biogas plant this problem can be reduced. MDG 1: End Poverty and Hunger MDG 7: Environmental Sustainability By application of biogas spent slurry and replacing chemical fertilisers with it will enhance the soil condition and improves soil productivity. The Positive effect on water quality and quantity is difficult to attribute directly to project activity. This indicator is thus scored 0 and will not be monitored 0 Soil condition No mitigation measures required Disposal of biogas plant spent slurry Biogas plant spent slurry is an enriched organic fertiliser and it converts all other organic material into compost very fast as it + 18

19 amount spent on the chemical fertiliser purchase can be saved. carries the required bacteria for conversion. This spent slurry will be used as organic fertiliser in the soils enriching them and replace the chemical fertilisers to further the soil condition improvement Other pollutants -- MDG 7 :Environmental sustainability The smell emitted during the fermentation of organic material in the compost pit can be reduced by feeding the cow dung into biogas plant 0 Biodiversity No mitigation measures required MDG 7:Environmental Sustainability Replacing the fire wood based cook stove with clean biogas stove will save the fire wood and in turn the forests The replacement of usage of firewood for cooking with biogas will save approximately around 12 kg of wood per household per day and 0 19

20 therefore reduces deforestation and has a positive impact on forestry. Since the positive influence of project activity on biodiversity is difficult to measure the indicator is scored neutral. Quality of employment No mitigation measures required MDG 1:End poverty and hunger Project plants installation and monitoring will create employment and increase income levels The local people will be trained on new technology, installation and maintenance of biogas plants. This leads to quality of employment as regular refresher courses will be conducted to the workers. + Records of training courses given and attendance. Also payrolls in SKG Sangha data base Livelihood of the poor No mitigation measures MDG1:End poverty and hunger, Functioning of biogas plant + 20

21 required MDG 4: Reduce child mortality MDG 5:Improve maternal health MDG 7: Environmental Avoidance of indoor air pollution through clean biogas cooking. Savings on chemical fertiliser and fire wood purchases will help the beneficiaries to take up new income generation activities The project is a rural developmental project; it will not directly provide employment to all the beneficiaries but will provide work to the local workers during installation of plants and monitor and maintenance of plants. Income many not be generated by the project but definitely it saves the expenditure on fuel wood and chemical fertiliser purchases. Children will be freed from the obligation of colleting fuel wood and can spend the time on education. Women can save time on fuel wood collection and cooking and this time can be used in agriculture or to take up 21

22 Access to affordable and clean energy services Human and institutional capacity GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT No mitigation measures required No mitigation measures required MDG 1: Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty. Free and clean cooking on biogas and providing enriched organic fertiliser to soils replacing chemical fertilisers will assure crop increase MDG 3 :promote gender equity and Empowerment Women will be responsible person for the biodigester in the family. Women can use time used for firewood collection for productive activity. small business with the amount saved on fuel wood, kerosene and fertiliser purchases as a seed capital. Number of installed and functioning biodigesters Number of masons, local supervisors, area in charges, survey teams, quality control, projects managers and beneficiaries trained during project activity + + Quantitative employment and income generation No mitigation measures required MDG 1 : End poverty and hunger Project plants installation and monitoring will create employment and increase income levels Number of jobs created: - masons - local supervisors - area in charges - people in survey team - quality control, - project + 22

23 managers Balance of payments and investment No mitigation measures required MDG 8 :Global Partnerships Kerosene is saved due to the PoA (though negligible) Any net savings for India through the investment in the project resulting from a reduction, for example, fossil fuel imports as result, would not be possible to measure. Moreover, for the CPA it is not applicable as there is no fossil fuel involved that would affect foreign currency savings.theref ore, this indicator is thus scored 0 0 Technology transfer and technological self-reliance No mitigation measures required MDG 1: End poverty and Hunger MDG 2: Universal Education Trainings given to project staff and beneficiaries on functioning of biogas plants and monitoring and maintenance of the plants will increase the technical skills of + 23

24 the people. Records of trainings given and number of participants. Number of biogas instalments in project data base. Justification choices, data source and provision of references A justification paragraph and reference source is required for each indicator, regardless of score Air quality A functioning biogas unit will significantly reduce indoor air pollution compared to the baseline use of fuel wood and kerosene, which results in smoke and emissions of products of incomplete combustion. Given the significant number of households covered by the project activity the most practical parameter to monitor the reduction in indoor air pollution is the functionality of the biogas Reference: See Advantages of Using Biogas as a Fuel Source in the introduction Water quality and quantity -- A slight improvement of water quality is expected due to reduced levels of leakage from animal waste and household waste water, which instead of being dumped in a pit will be added to the biodigester. The accumulated dung, urine and waste water will overflow during the rainy season and contaminate the nearby water bodies. In other days the leaching of the pits will percolate into aquifers and contaminate underground water. To some extent this can be avoided as the dung and waste water is fed to the biogas plant and the slurry coming out is either dried or used to convert other organic residues into compost. This process avoids the contamination of water. But effect is indirect 24

25 Soil condition Reference: Biogas plant spent slurry is an enriched organic fertiliser and it converts all other organic material into compost very fast as it carries the required bacteria for conversion. This spent slurry will be used as organic fertiliser in the soils enriching them and replace the chemical fertilisers to further the soil condition and crop yield improvement: Reference 1: See case study PDF file at Other pollutants The smell emitted during the fermentation of organic material in the compost pit can be reduced by feeding the cow dung into biogas plant. No significant change due to the project activity. Although the project will reduce considerably the wood consumption, the avoidance of wood smoke is a huge benefit to health and welfare, with decreased incidence of respiratory and eye problems, Reference : Biodiversity The use of fire wood in the project and non project households will be monitored to know the savings of fire wood. Fraction of saved fire wood is coming from non-renewable sources, forests. Hence the forest saving and forests supports biodiversity. Positive influence of project activity on biodiversity is difficult to measure. Therefore, the indicator is kept neutral and is not monitored. Quality of employment Reference: The local people will be trained on new technology, installation and maintenance of biogas plants. The systematic training leads to quality of employment. Regular refresher courses will be conducted to the workers. High quality work will be provided to masons and others involved in constructing the biogas units and also to village representatives who will maintain the 25

26 units. Food and, where applicable, accommodation will be provided. Training will also be given. Reference: Livelihood of the poor Savings on chemical fertiliser and fire wood purchases will help the beneficiaries to take up new income generation activities. The project will also lead to improvement in the quality of life due to less time spent for women and children in fuel procurement, transporting, processing, storing and cooking time. Women can take up income generation activities thus alleviating poverty. The national level evaluation studies also show that communities benefit from clean fuel for cooking, cleanliness of environment, improvement in the health of women, saving in manure cost, employment generation, saving in cooking time and traditional fuel. Access to affordable and clean energy services Reference : Ravindranath, N.H and Hall, Biomass, Energy and Environment: A developing country perspective from India. 376 pp. New York: Oxford University Press This aspect monitoring will assure the complete replacement of traditional cook stove energy by clean biogas Human and institutional capacity Reference : Training and awareness Programmes taken up will increase the human and institutional capacity of the people in general. Furthermore, the installation of biogas units will lead to empowerment of women and the Coolie Sangha members. A study in Nepal shows that in terms of rural energy, women s practical needs of basic energy demands is met thus reducing their workloads and saving time in managing household energy requirements. This enables women to obtain opportunities for social and economic activities leading to fulfilling their strategic needs and enhancing their self-confidence and empowerment Reference : 26

27 Quantitative employment and income generation GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Number of plants installed; amount of fire wood and kerosene saved will give the understanding about the jobs created because of the project Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Reference 1: Any net savings for India through the investment in the project would not be possible to measure. Therefore, this indicator is thus scored 0. Reference : (Programmes/Schemes Renewable energy for rural applications - Family Type Biogas Plants) Trainings given to project staff and beneficiaries on functioning of biogas plants and monitoring and maintenance of the plants will increase the technical skills of the people. These pictures will be available during the implementation of the project. SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] No 1 Indicator Air Quality Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of biogas digesters installed and number of days in a year in use. Number of responses received that report better air quality and improved health Current situation of parameter Plants not yet installed/ Beneficiaries are using firewood and kerosene for their daily cooking needs. Smoke in the kitchens. Estimation of baseline situation of parameter As mentioned in the PDD, the baseline of the project is the usage of fuel wood. Future target for parameter - Construct 6,890 biogas tions and reduce respiratory problems by eliminating use of firewood. through replacement of traditional cookstoves with biogas cookers. 27

28 Way of monitoring How Monitor the number of biogas operating through the monitoring database d the experience by the communities for reduction in health problems compared to baselines. When Yearly By who SKG Sangha No 3 Indicator Soil condition Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter How much slurry is disposed Current situation of parameter Cow dung is fermenting in traditional compost pit Estimation of baseline situation 0 of parameter Future target for parameter All cow dung will be treated to slurry or in aerobic condition Way of monitoring How Monitoring Survey When Yearly By who SKG Sangha No 6 Indicator Quality of employment Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of participants in trainings provided and number of trainings given to project staff and beneficiaries on functioning of biogas plants and monitoring and maintenance. These trainings and refresher courses will increase the quality of employment. Current situation of parameter No jobs created, no trainings and refresher courses given. Estimation of baseline situation 0 of parameter Future target for parameter Number of trainings provided to project staff and beneficiaries Way of monitoring How Records of training courses given and number of attendees. Also payrolls in SKG Sangha data base When Yearly 28

29 By who SKG Sangha No 7 Indicator Livelihood of the poor Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Savings on chemical fertilizer and fire wood purchases Current situation of parameter Routine drudgery and burden of firewood gathering, Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring How Monitoring Survey When Yearly By who SKG Sangha cooking, Purchase of fertiliser Fire wood is collected and purchased, So is chemical fertilizer. It is anticipated that wood consumption amongst stove beneficiaries will be reduced by at least 25% and no extra fertilizer needs to be purchased No 8 Indicator Access to affordable and clean energy services Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Numbers of installed bio-digesters Current situation of parameter Use of traditional firewood cooking stove Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter Way of monitoring How Project data base When Monthly By who SKG Sangha t/y per household of wood that is consumed with a traditional stove 6890 bio-digesters No 9 Indicator Human and institutional capacity Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Masons, local supervisors, area in charges, survey teams, quality control, projects managers, beneficiaries Number of people trained during project activity Current situation of parameter Limited biogas related activities through. Do not generate any employment, especially not to the rural women 29

30 Estimation of baseline situation of parameter GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT No. of biogas related activities that will give jobs to the rural people. Future target for parameter Project related jobs created for rural people Number of women in families that are involved in the project activity masons - 50 local supervisors - 15 area in charges (15taluks) - 4 people in survey teams - 12 quality control - 3 project manager families Way of monitoring How Payroll recorded in Project data base When Yearly By who SKG Sangha No 10 Indicator Quantitative employment and income generation Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of jobs created through project activity. Additional income generated through project activity Current situation of parameter No jobs created, no additional income Estimation of baseline situation 0 of parameter Future target for parameter Project related jobs created for rural people masons - 50 local supervisors - 15 area in charges (15taluks) - 4 people in survey teams - 12 quality control - 3 project manager Way of monitoring How Payroll records, SKG Sangha data base When Yearly By who SKG Sangha No 12 Indicator Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Mitigation measure No mitigation measure required Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Number of installed and functioning bio-digesters Number of participants in trainings provided and number of trainings given to project staff and beneficiaries on 30

31 Current situation of parameter Estimation of baseline situation of parameter Future target for parameter functioning of biogas plants and monitoring and maintenance of the plants will increase the technical skills of the people No plants installed plants Number of Trainings given to project staff and beneficiaries Way of monitoring How Records of trainings given and number of participants. Number biogas instalments in project data base When Yearly By who SKG Sangha Additional remarks monitoring The surveys will be conducted for all the CDM and sustainable parameters of GS basing on the sampling method described in the CDM document.. The monitoring survey will be carried out by selecting the households on a random basis. All the sustainable parameters will be monitored with a relevant question in the monitoring survey sheet. Information about the number of training programmes and number of participants will be made available to the verifiers by the SKG Sangha central office. Quantitative measurement of IAP, leeching of compost pits and etc., involves costly equipment and time. Hence the biogas plant functioning and hours of usage of biogas stove to assure the complete replacement of traditional cook stove; quantity of cow dung fed into the biogas plant to assure comparative less leeching of compost pits will be monitored. SECTION H. Additionality and conservativeness This section is only applicable if the section on additionality and/or your choice of baseline does not follow Gold Standard guidance H.1. Additionality Additionality has been proven in the CDM PoA and CPA DDs. H.2. Conservativeness [See Toolkit 2.2] N/A Follows Gold Standard guidance 31

32 ANNEX 1 ODA declaration [See Toolkit Annex D] No ODA funds are involved as the project is funded with CER revenues and availing eligible Govt. of India funds for the installation of the units. Signed ODA declaration is attached below. 32

33 ANNEX 2 Supporting documentation for feedback round LSC Feedback Round: invitation: 33

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36 Documents sent for feedback: 1. PoA LSC report 2. CPA LSC report 3. PoA passport 4. CPA passport 5. Call for feedback round 6. Feedback form - PoA 7. Feedback form - CPA 8. SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA DD 9. SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA CPA DD (Generic) 10. Gulbarga Biogas Project CPA DD (Specific) Text of the electronic mail invitation: Dear All, SKG Sangha in association with Myclimate, Switzerland has developed SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA, under CDM and seeking additional accreditation from Gold Standard Foundation, Germany. The project documents were under validation. We have already conducted stake holder meetings for the PoA and specific CPA Gulbarga Biodigester Project. Now we are seeking your opinion and comments on the project documents and on the documents of the consultation meetings. The call for the stakeholder feedback round and the feedback forms were attached to this mail. The project documents were available at the following links: The feedback round will start on 25 th of March, 2012 and ends on 24 th of May Expecting your valuable comments, Kiran Kumar K Secretary SGK Sangha 36

37 The following notice has been pasted on the notice boards of the Panchayaths: 37

38 Translated version of the above notice: Notice GS1127: SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA GS1128: SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA - Gulbarga Biodigester Programme CPA 1 Subject: collecting feedback on the documents of the above projcts Documents: 1. SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA LSC report 2. Gulbarga Biogas Project LSC report 3. SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA PAssport 4. Gulbarga Biogas Project Passport 5. SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA PoA DD 6. SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA CPA DD (Generic) 7. Gulbarga Biogas Project CPA DD (specific The above documents are available in this office. We are requesting your feedback on these documents. Please submit your feedback in the prescribed forms available with the office in-charge. You also can send your feedback to the following address: Secretary SKG Sangha No.532, 2 nd Main Road, Gandhi Nagar KOLAR Phone: Fax: skgsangha@gmail.com The following feedback forms were originally in English and the translated version was sent to the CPA 1 area for feedback from the people in general. Feedback form: SKG Sangha Biodigester PoA GS:1127 ( in local language, Kannada) 38

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40 Below are the few of the pictures taken while handing over the documents to the Panchayath Secretaries in the CPA 1 area: 40

41 Parahathabad Panchayath, Gulbarga Taluk & District - Notice on the notice bard, Handing over the Feedback round documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building Nandikura Panchayath, Gulbarga Taluk & District Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building 41

42 Mudaboola Panchayath, Shahapur Taluk, Yadgir District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building Madakatti Panchayth, Bhalki Taluk, Bidar District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building 42

43 Madaboola Panchayath, Chittapur Taluk, Gulbarga District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building Madhuravatti panchayth, Humnabad Taluk, Bidar District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building 43

44 Hudagi Panchayath, Humnabad Taluk, Bidar District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building Gundagurthy Panchayath, Gulbarga Taluk & District - Handing over Feedback round documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building 44

45 Gudura Panchayath, Afzalpur Taluk, Gulbarga District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building Doranahalli Panchayath, Shahapur Taluk, Yadgir District - Notice on the board, Handing over the Documents to Panchayath Secretary and the office building Dadagi Panchayath, Bhalki Taluk, Bidar District Notice on the board, handing the documents to the Panchayath President and the office building Boosanur Panchayath, Alanda Taluk, Gulbarga District Notice on the board, Handing over feedback round documents to Panchayath Secretary, and the office building 45