Govt lowers GST rate to 5 pc from 18 pc on ethanol meant for blending under Ethanol Blended Petrol programme

Dec 16, 2021

New Delhi [India], December 16 : The Government on Thursday has lowered the Goods and Services Tax rate to 5 per cent from 18...

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...

Cabinet raises price of molasses-made ethanol for current season

Jan 29, 2025

The government has approved the revision of ethanol procurement price for Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2024-25...

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...

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...

Cabinet approves mechanism for ethanol procurement by Oil PSUs

Nov 03, 2022

The CCEA has approved higher ethanol price derived from different sugarcane-based raw materials under the EBP programme for the forthcoming sugar season 2022-23 during...