On June 5th – which happened to be World Environment Day – the Prime Minister announced that the target to reach 20% ethanol-blending (E20) in petrol would be advanced by five years to 2025. To that end, about $7bn has been earmarked to ensure the production of the 10 billion litres of ethanol required annually…
State-run oil marketing companies received 66.5 crore litre ethanol in Ethanol Supply Year 2016-17 (December 2016–November 2017), which increased to 173 crore litre in supply year 2019-20.Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries on Tuesday said it will increase its ethanol manufacturing capacity to 15 crore litre per annum from the current 8 crore litre starting January…
The spirit was taken from Som Distilleries in Madhya Pradesh. Excise officials informed that the lorry has 30,000-litre capacity. [ad_1] Alappuzha: A tanker lorry carrying spirit to Travancore Sugars and Chemicals overturned on Kalavoor National Highway here on Saturday. 3000-litre spirit spilled on the road following the accident. It is reported that 3 people suffered…
The Indian government has issued the draft notification on ethanol blending in the petrol just a few days ago. This draft notification proposes 12% and 15% ethanol blending in petrol as automotive fuels, which will be available as E-12 and E-15 respectively. The draft notification was issued in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement…
Addressing a press conference via video conference, Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey said, “By 2025, total production of ethanol… it is going to be grain-based 740 crore litres and sugar-based 760 crore litres. So, overall, 1,500 crore litres supplies…” [ad_1] The Centre has allocated about 78,000 tonnes of rice from Food Corporation of India (FCI)…
GAIL (India) Ltd will invest about Rs 5,000 crore to build a portfolio of at least 1 gigawatts of renewable energy and set up compressed biogas as well as ethanol plants as it steps up efforts to expand the business beyond natural gas. As part of a push to embrace cleaner forms of energy, GAIL…
[ad_1] The GST Council has decided to continue with the status quo on states taxing extra-neutral alcohol (ENA), which is used for manufacturing alcoholic liquor for human consumption, a senior official said on Thursday. The Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state counterparts, in its 43rd meeting on May 28 decided…
State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) are planning to build second generation (2G) grain-based refineries, to help boost India’s ethanol output by 2025. HPCL will invest Indian rupee (Rs) 4bn ($54m) on a 125,000 litre/day grain-based ethanol plant at Una in the Himachal Pradesh state in northern India,…
[ad_1] The closure of liquor shops and bars during the lockdown is said to have been a reason for an increase in the demand for toddy. with added punch in parts of Palakkad bordering Thrissur district. The increased demand for the toddy with a higher amount of alcohol apparently drove some toddy shop licensees to…
[ad_1] Olam International, controlled by Singaporean state investor, Temasek Holdings is in advance talks with Indian sugar maker Renuka-Wilmar to sell its plant in Maharashtra for around Rs 350-400 crore as part of getting out from non-core business verticals.The transaction is part of Olam’s strategic decision to exit from Sugar business globally, multiple sources with…