India can start using 50 per cent ethanol in aviation fuel, and the Indian government will soon start discussions and trials on this, said Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways. He added that flex-fuel vehicles will be on roads once the Supreme Court gives the permission. He was addressing a question-and-answer session at…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday stressed on the need to divert excess sugar stock for ethanol manufacturing as provision of subsidies on exports of sweetener will not be permissable after December 2023 under the WTO regime. Addressing a webinar on alternative fuels organised by industry body ISMA, the…
New Delhi : Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has emphasized. on the adoption of alternative fuels which will be import substitute, cost-effective, pollution-free, and indigenous and discouraged the use of petrol or diesel as a fuel. Addressing ‘Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA)’ Conference on ‘Alternative fuel- Road ahead’ he said that…
Govt. recently launched Ethanol 20 programme, under which it aims to achieve 20% ethanol blending in petrol by 2025 Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the government was giving a special push for ethanol as a fuel. “With 100% use of 20% blend of bioethanol, we will be able to…
[ad_1] In 2021, the production capacity in the country is at 6 billion litre, including 5 billion litre from molasses-based sector and standalone molasses unitsIndia is on track to achieve 20% ethanol blending by 2025, and has enough feedstock to produce 10 billion litre of the organic chemical compound, industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association…
India’s ambitious ethanol blending programme (EBP) launched in 2013-14 has now reached in all the states of the country with Sikkim becoming the last state join EBP this week.C Sridhar Goud, executive director, revealed this at a webinar organised by Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) on Friday. India has set the ambitious target of blending…
New Delhi, October 7: Dismissing fears that the Ethanol Plan would affect food security in the country, the central government said that meeting foodgrain demand for human and cattle consumption will always remain its first priority, but allowing alternative use of rice and maize will help to bring price stability for farmers. The Ministry of…
Shares of sugar companies were in focus with Balrampur Chini Mills, Triveni Engineering, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries (DBSIL) and Uttam Sugar Mills having gained up to 5 per cent on the BSE in Monday’s intra-day trade on a record exports and healthy outlook. India’s sugar export rose 20 per cent to an all-time high…
[ad_1] R.S. Raghavan, Managing Director of Zuari Global Limited, has been bestowed with the “Life Time Achievement Award” from the Sugar Technologists’ Association of India (STAI) in the inaugural ceremony of the 79th Annual Convention of STAI held on October 04, 2021, in recognition to the invaluable contribution made by him in the development of…
[ad_1] With a view to maintain the demand supply position of sugar in the country and to stabilize ex-mill prices of sugar and also to ensure sufficient availability of sugar for domestic consumption, mill wise monthly release quota of sugar for domestic sale by sugar mills is allocated by Department of Food and Public Distribution…