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Biogas plants with the capacity of over 100 cubic metres will be set up shortly at 25 gaushalas in Rajasthan with 50% subsidy on investment costs paid by the State government's Gopalan Department. Rajasthan will be the first State to produce manure from biogas plants at the cow shelters. State Cooperative and Gopalan Minister Mr Ajay Singh Kilak said here on Wednesday that the subsidy up to Rs.40 lakh each would be paid to the gaushalas by the department, while each biogas plant would produce 5 to 10 metric tonnes of manure every day. The 25 plants will produce about 1 lakh metric tonnes of manure every year, proving a boon to farmers for cultivation of crops.