Parallel to DGNRER, the Pakistan Council of Appropriate Technology (PCAT) was
also working for the development of renewable energy technologies under the Ministry of
Science and Technology, which was curtailed to R&D for the promotion of biogas
technology in the country and became focal point for the biogas-related activities. In 2001,
PCAT was merged with National Institute of Silicon Technology to create Pakistan
Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) under the same ministry. PCRET
has initiated a comprehensive package for the development and dissemination of biogas
plants and other appropriate sustainable technologies into the lives of the people in rural
areas of the country [14].