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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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India saved USD 19.3 billion in forex with 20% ethanol blending, targets 1
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
India achieved nearly 20% ethanol blending in Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025, resulting in foreign exchange savings of approximately USD 19.3 billion and direct payments exceeding USD 15 billion to farmers over the last decade, said Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natura
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India Energy Week 2026 to be held in Goa from 27-30 January
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Over four days, IEW 2026 will feature ministerial roundtables, CEO dialogues, public-private sector interactions, technology showcases, exhibitions, social events and media engagements. Dedicated sessions will focus on hydrogen economies, green finance, sustainable fuels, circularity, dig
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ISMA seeks ethanol allocation boost, sugar MSP hike in Budget expectations
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The upcoming Union budget for the financial year 205-26 (April-March) should revise the sugar MSP and restore ethanol allocations to avoid surplus sugar and payment delays, Niraj Shirgaokar, Vice President of industry body Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) told ANI
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India ramps up ethanol drive with year-round supply, feedstock push
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Reaffirming India's commitment to a cleaner energy future, Ashwani Srivastava, Joint Secretary, Department of Food & Public Distribution, underscored the government's strategic focus on building a robust, year-round ethanol supply chain.
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Brazilian envoy backs ethanol exports from India, calls it "great news" fo
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Brazilian Ambassador Kenneth Felix Haczynski da Nobrega today welcomed the idea of ethanol exports from India, saying it would be great news if India has surplus to export.
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Flex engines gaining traction in India with ethanol push: IFGE chief
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Flex engines are gaining a foothold in India, backed by the country's growing ethanol blending programme and other biofuel initiatives, Pramod Chaudhari, President of the Indian Federation of Green Energy, told ANI.
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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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First Vote Chori, now Petrol Chori by PM Modi: Congress leader Pawan Khera
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader and AICC Media & Publicity Chairman Pawan Khera on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Modi government and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari over its ethanol blending policy, by saying that "a Government which won by Vote Milawat, is now running the country on Milawat!"
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Industry body ISMA backs ethanol-blending programme, dismisses misinformat
Updated : 7 months 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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