Indian energy scenario has been suffering from persistent problems of reliable supply of energy and environmental deterioration. Among various available renewable energy sources, India has abundance of bioenergy options that used since long time to meet the cooking and heating requirements. Bioenergy economy is totally dependent on market of supply and demands, interdependent to each other. However, traditional bioenergy applications were found as inefficient practice with harmful environment impacts. Modern bioenergy technologies have potential to fulfill the demand and supply gap of the country. Furthermore, they have high energy efficiency with low carbon emissions. Bioenergy technologies such as biogas, biodiesel, bio-ethanol and biomass gasification having potential for cooking, transport and power generation. Various bioenergy policies and programs have been introduced to accelerate the bioenergy in India in past years. However, country is unable to use adequate available potential of bioenergy options due to policy gaps. Implementation of bioenergy policy is allied with various challenges like technical, institutional, financial, environmental and social aspects. Indian government introduces the new bioenergy policy to accelerate the bioenergy based generation in India. Thus, this article attempts to explore and critically analyze the present bioenergy policies and possible options of recent Indian experiences for successful adoption of bioenergy. A survey based findings is also analyzed through logistic regression and linear regression to explain the pattern of awareness and willingness to pay for bioenergy technology with reference to biogas and improved cookstoves. We found that socio-economic variables are important parameters for the success of bioenergy policies in rural India.

印度的能源状况一直受到可靠的能源供应和环境恶化的持续困扰。在各种可用的可再生能源中，印度拥有大量的生物能源选项，长期以来一直用于满足烹饪和取暖要求。生物能源经济完全依赖于供需市场，相互依存。然而，传统的生物能源应用被认为是无效的做法，具有有害的环境影响。现代生物能源技术具有填补该国需求和供应缺口的潜力。此外，它们具有高能效和低碳排放。生物能源技术，例如沼气，生物柴油，生物乙醇和生物质气化，具有烹饪，运输和发电的潜力。在过去几年中，已引入了各种生物能源政策和计划来加速印度的生物能源。但是，由于政策差距，该国无法利用足够的生物能源选择潜力。生物能源政策的实施伴随着各种挑战，例如技术，体制，财务，环境和社会方面。印度政府出台了新的生物能源政策，以加速印度基于生物能源的发电。因此，本文试图探索并批判性地分析当前的生物能源政策以及印度最近成功采用生物能源的经验的可能选择。还通过逻辑回归和线性回归分析了基于调查的调查结果，以解释关于沼气和改进的炊具的生物能源技术的支付意识和支付意愿的模式。我们发现，社会经济变量是印度农村地区生物能源政策成功的重要参数。