Sugar exports may be capped, surplus diverted to ethanolIndia plans to convert unsold sugar exports into ethanol. This move aims to boost ethanol production for blending with petrol. The governme...
08 Apr, 2026, 12.38 AM IST
What's stabilising Brazil's gasoline prices? EthanolTens of millions of drivers here can choose between filling their tank with 100 per cent sugarcane-based ethanol or a gasoline blend that c...
01 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
India achieves 20pc ethanol blending target 5 years ahead of schedule: ISMAIndia has achieved its 20% ethanol blending target with petrol, five years ahead of the 2030 schedule. This accomplishment, driven by gover...
25 Jul, 2025, 12.36 PM IST
Cabinet approves hike in ethanol prices; sugar stocks rallyThe Union Cabinet has approved an ethanol price hike, with rates set for cane juice, B-Heavy molasses, and C-Heavy molasses. This decision ...
29 Jan, 2025, 08.02 PM IST
Govt mulls ethanol price hike for 2024-25 season to incentivize production, meet blending goalsThe government is considering a proposal to increase ethanol prices for the season starting November 2024, aiming to diversify feedstocks a...
13 Aug, 2024, 01.07 PM IST
India's ethanol program will cap future sugar exports, says research firm BMIIndia is expected to play a smaller role in the global sugar export market due to its expanding ethanol program, according to a report by r...
10 Jul, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Year-on-year sugar production till January 31 up by 5.6%, says ISMAAccording to ISMA, as on 31st January, 2022, 507 sugar mills in the country were in operation and had produced 187.08 lac tons of sugar, as...
03 Feb, 2022, 03.03 PM IST
US extends support to India's target of 20 pc Ethanol blending by 2025Earlier in June 2021, PM Modi released the report on the roadmap for Ethanol Blending in India by 2025. This report laid out an annual plan...
23 Nov, 2021, 09.36 PM IST
Ethanol prices hiked by up to Rs 1.47 per litre for blending in petrolThe government hiked the price of ethanol extracted from sugarcane for blending in petrol by up to Rs 1.47 per litre for 2021-22 marketing ...
10 Nov, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
India's ethanol blending program will not be at the cost of food production, says ISMAEarlier, the government said around 17 million tonnes of surplus foodgrains will be utilised, apart from sugarcane molasses, for manufactur...
01 Oct, 2021, 09.38 PM IST
Centre keeps options open for excise duty exemption to millersThe government had waived the 12.5 per cent excise duty for a contractual period from December 2015 to November 2016 to encourage ethanol b...
31 Oct, 2016, 07.44 PM IST
Oil Ministry may cap ethanol blending in petrol at 10%“Above 10%, there can’t be any blending in petrol because of the technical reasons given by the automobile industry,” senior ministry offic...
17 Jun, 2014, 03.25 AM IST
Moily directs Oil companies to issue fresh tenders for ethanol procurementTo meet its annual demand of 105 crore litre for its ethanol blending program (EBP), oil companies have already procured 21 crore litre fro...
28 Jul, 2013, 01.27 PM IST
Ethanol blending in fresh price hurdleAfter a spat between OMCs and sugar mills over the pricing of ethanol blended petrol, two chemical companies have questioned mandatory blen...
10 Jun, 2013, 05.35 AM IST
- India's 2012 ethanol output likely to rise 29%
The country's ethanol production is likely to increase by 29 per cent to 2,170 million litres in 2012 on the back of higher sugar productio...
27 Jun, 2012, 02.46 PM IST
- UP mills vexed as govt bars ethanol transport
Uttar Pradesh sugar mills are in financial trouble as the state government stops permission to transport ethanol/molasses out of mill compo...
21 Jun, 2011, 02.15 AM IST
- Oil PSUs start ethanol blending in 14 states
The three public sector oil companies - IOC, HPCL and BPCL - have partially started the ethanol blending programme from the last week of No...
08 Dec, 2010, 12.35 AM IST