India has been aggressively promoting its domestic ethanol industry to reduce reliance on crude oil imports, aiming for a 20 per cent ethanol blending mandate (E20) ahead of the original 2030 target | Photo Credit: iprachenko The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has urged the government to maintain restrictions on fuel ethanol imports, […]
The Centre on Thursday notified the policy on selling foodgrains from official reserves under the open market sales scheme (OMSS). Under the scheme, the reserve price of wheat has been fixed at ₹2,550/quintal for all categories, up from ₹2,300-2,325 last year, whereas that of rice has been fixed at different rates depending on category of […]
The Indian government has raised the reserve price for wheat and rice, including brokens, to be sold under the open market sale scheme (OMSS). This includes broken rice for the production of ethanol by distilleries. The Committee of Secretaries (CoS), at its meeting on June 26, also fixed a reserve price for coarse grains to […]
Food Corporation of India (FCI) has allocated a record 5.2 million metric tons of rice for ethanol, equivalent to nearly 9 per cent of global rice shipments. | Photo Credit: BHAWIKA CHHABRA India is allocating record rice volumes for ethanol production as it struggles with unprecedented inventories that are likely to swell further with the […]
India is currently reviewing a request from the United States to ease restrictions on ethanol imports as part of ongoing trade negotiations. This request has raised significant concerns among domestic industry stakeholders and policy experts in India. Sources familiar with the trade talks indicate that the United States has been advocating for India to remove […]
NEW DELHI: At a time when the Centre and states are discussing the rationalisation of the GST structure, road transport minister Nitin Gadkari sought a reduction in the levy on crude ethanol from 18% to 5% to encourage the manufacturing and sale of flex-fuel vehicles.At present, GST on ethanol used for blending with petrol under […]
fuelling forward.This intervention seeks to reduce import dependence for energy requirements and give a boost to the agriculture sector Oil marketing companies (OMCs) are expected to soon ask distilleries to supply an additional quantity of ethanol after they revised their orders. They have increased their orders to 1,050 crore litres from the already allocated 947 […]
Despite India’s ethanol production capacity nearing 1,800 crore litres annually, actual utilisation remains low due to price gaps. | Photo Credit: The sugar industry has demanded a revision of ethanol procurement prices and extension of blending targets beyond 20 per cent, as the sector’s contribution to the national ethanol programme has declined sharply from 73 […]
During 2022-23, the FRP for sugarcane was fixed ₹305 per quintal, while the price for ethanol produced from sugarcane juice was fixed ₹65.61 per litre | Photo Credit: istock.com The sugar industry is looking forward to the government revising upwards the price of ethanol in line with the increase in the sugarcane fair and remunerative […]
With India making steady progress in bioethanol production and closer to meet the target of 20 per cent ethanol blending with petrol, the country needs to push the adoption of Bio-CNG says a recent report by S&P Global. The report highlighted the need for a stronger push to scale up the production, distribution, and adoption […]
