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
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, Maharastra and Karnataka are ethanol surplus states.