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The current ethanol production capacity in India is 1,364 crore litres and is sufficient to meet the fuel blending targets, the Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Monday.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, Rameswar Teli, minister of state in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, apprised that Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka are ethanol surplus states.
The National Policy of Biofuels-2018, notified in June, 2018, provided indicative targets of 20 percent ethanol blending in petrol and 5 percent biodiesel blending in diesel by 2030.
“Encouraged by the past 7 years’ performance under the Ethanol Blending Programme, the government decided to advance the targets of 20 percent ethanol blending in petrol from 2030 to Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025-26,” the minister informed the Rajya Sabha.
The Roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India 2020-25, prepared by an inter-ministerial committee, estimated an ethanol requirement of 1,016 crore litres to achieve 20 per cent blending targets in ESY 2025-26, the minister mentioned.
