In the 2026-27 cycle, India's rice production is projected to fall by 6.5% compared to the previous year, largely due to monsoon rainfall b...

Grain-based feedstocks now supply nearly seventy percent of India's ethanol. Maize and surplus FCI rice are leading grain contributors to t...

India should consider temporarily lowering ethanol blending in petrol to 15% during severe feedstock shortages or sharp food-price pressure...

A research paper recommends flexibility in India's ethanol blending program targets. It suggests maintaining E20 as a long-term goal while ...

Sharma warns that ethanol-led changes in cropping patterns may create an environmental problem over the longer term.

Rising diversion of maize to ethanol production has significantly increased poultry feed costs, leading to a 35-40% surge in egg prices ove...

Sugar prices have significantly increased due to production shortfalls and rising demand. Government data shows a substantial decline in ex...

India might need to boost rice-based ethanol production for E20 fuel blending by 2026-27. El Nino's impact on sugarcane and maize crops cou...

The Economic Survey warns that India's biofuel mandates, particularly for ethanol, risk distorting cropping patterns and food prices. While...

India's biofuel push, particularly E20 fuel, is impacting food prices. Wheat and its products have seen a 10% price increase due to maize d...

Maize, diverted for ethanol production, has caused poultry feed costs to go up, impacted cooking oil prices, and reduced oilseed farmers' p...

India's poultry industry faces challenges with record-high maize prices due to ethanol production. Industry seeks zero duty imports and con...

Government remains firm on not resuming subsidised rice sale for ethanol. Chopra encourages maize ethanol production and highlights the imp...

The rice sale for ethanol makers was discontinued for various reasons, including apprehensions about domestic output and high retail prices...

Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra has said that there are no plans to permit additional diversion of sugar for ethanol production during the cu...

As sugar prices started to rise due to estimates of lower production of sugarcane in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Centre capped diversion...

Broken rice and maize are the main components of poultry feed. The industry fears that the prices of maize and broken rice would spike in t...