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AIDA seeks GST cut on flex-fuel vehicles, expansion of ethanol dispensing
Updated : 1 month ago IST
India's distillery industry has urged the government to cut goods and services tax (GST) on flex-fuel vehicles to boost ethanol consumption, as the country faces a surplus of ethanol after achieving its 20% blending target well ahead of schedule, Bharati Balaji, Director of the All India
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Kamal Haasan raises concern on ethanol-blended fuels withdrawal of E10 pet
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Rajya Sabha MP and actor-politician Kamal Haasan on Friday raised concern on ethanol-blended fuels, its impact on vehicles, the withdrawal of E10 petrol, and consumer safeguards. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari clarified that extensive field trials on vehicles wit
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India's ethanol story quashes food scarcity myth, less than half of FCI's
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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 scarcity, according to a report by Incred Research.
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Ethanol-blended fuel has no impact on vehicles: Hardeep Puri reassures
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
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 of controversy surrounding the government's ethanol blending programme.
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Paid campaign against me: Nitin Gadkari on E20 fuel concerns
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that the recent criticism on social media over the government's ethanol blending programme was a "paid campaign" against him and not based on facts, adding that the Supreme Court had already dismissed petitions cha
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SC dismisses plea challenging E20 petrol policy
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea that challenged the nationwide rollout of 20 per cent Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP-20) and sought the option of ethanol-free petrol.
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Industry body ISMA backs ethanol-blending programme, dismisses misinformat
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
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 on vehicle engines.
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E20 Petrol does not cause drastic drop in fuel efficiency, even improves e
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has dismissed recent claims circulating on social media that E20 petrol, petrol blended with 20 per cent ethanol, causes a drastic drop in fuel efficiency.
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India achieves 20% ethanol blending in petrol, five years ahead of schedul
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
India has successfully achieved 20% ethanol blending in petrol in 2025, five years ahead of its original 2030 target, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Puri said on Wednesday.
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India's biofuel sector transitioning from promise to partial implementatio
Updated : 9 months ago IST
India's biofuel sector is slowly moving from a stage of promise to partial implementation, supported by strong government policies, rising need for decarbonization, and the push for rural value creation, according to a report by YES Securities.
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Autocraft unveils EVTOL air taxi concept model at Air Expo Abu Dhabi
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Autocraft, a subsidiary of Kintsugi and a leading pioneer in advanced air mobility, today introduced its revolutionary EVTOL (Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing) air taxi concept, the E20+, at the Abu Dhabi Air Expo. This unveiling marks a monumental step toward efficient and cutting-edge
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Ethanol blending percentage surges from 1.53 pc in 2014 to 15 pc in 2024:
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The government has set a goal of reaching 20 per cent blending by 2025 and is making strides towards this target. Over the past decade, this initiative has yielded substantial benefits, such as saving Rs 99,014 crore in foreign exchange, cutting CO2 emissions by 519 lakh metric tons, and sub
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