(ET)
The government is aiming to ensure E-20 vehicles running on fuel blended with 20% ethanol enter the market by 2025, sources said. Cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba took a review meeting with half a dozen ministries on the roadmap for ethanol fuelled vehicles in India, just a day after the government announced plans to accelerate ethanol production. Sources said to push the move towards production, the government has also set up a committee of three Union ministers comprising Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal.
Officials said while manufacturing of ethanol-fuelled vehicles is no more a challenge considering that many other countries have them, getting enough ethanol remains the key issue. “So, all the agencies concerned have been asked to work in coordination to ensure that E-20 vehicles hit Indian market in the next five years. This is possible in states such as Maharashtra, Karnataka and even in Uttar Pradesh, which have significant share of the total ethanol production,” said a source.
