Punjab: HPCL to set up 2G bio-refinery plant in Bathinda

Nov 02, 2023

The 2G bio-refinery is designed for the utilization of paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol under the Ethanol Blending...

India's ethanol story quashes food scarcity myth, less than half of FCI's rice buffers enough for E20 target: Report

Sep 18, 2025

India's march toward 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025 is no longer constrained by fears of feedstock...

Union government mUnion govt to increase blending of ethanol in petrol beyond 20 pc from 2030easuring to increase blending of ethanol in petrol beyond 20 pc from 2030

Mar 20, 2025

The National Policy on Biofuels - 2018, as amended in 2022, inter-alia advanced the target of 20 per cent blending of ethanol in petrol...

Ethanol-blended fuel has no impact on vehicles: Hardeep Puri reassures

Sep 15, 2025

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Monday said that ethanol-blended petrol does not adversely affect vehicles and dismissed claims...

Industry body ISMA backs ethanol-blending programme, dismisses misinformation

Aug 09, 2025

The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has strongly defended the country's ethanol-blending programme amid 'misleading' claims from some quarters about its impact...

India should gear up for ethanol exports: Nitin Gadkari

Sep 24, 2025

India's ethanol production capacity reached an annual production of approximately 1,822 crore liters by June 30, 2025, with the government's Ethanol Blended with Petrol...