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Govt overhauls six-decade-old sugarcane law; seeks comments on draft by May 20The Centre is proposing a new Sugarcane (Control) Order 2026, replacing the 1966 version to integrate ethanol production, digital complianc...
Govt increases price of ethanol made from C-heavy molassesThe government has raised the price of ethanol derived from C-heavy molasses by 2.45% but kept the rates for ethanol produced from more sug...
Govt mulls allowing excess stock of B-heavy molasses for ethanol makingThe government is contemplating allowing sugar mills to produce ethanol using their surplus B-heavy molasses amid stable sugar prices and a...
Government raises ethanol price for blending in petrol by 25%The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs raised the procurement price of ethanol derived from 100 per cent sugarcane juice to Rs 59.13 per...
Time to shift gears: Scrap biofuels, go for solar power insteadIndia produces ethanol from molasses, a byproduct of sugar. The sugar industry is riddled with controls, including controls on the producti...
Country liquor flows as countryside casts its voteThere are several businesses that flourish during the election season; one such business that no insider wants to talk about in the open is...
Animal feed industry cross-subsidises grain-based alcoholAs the oil companies have raised use of ethanol for blending with petrol, prices of molasses-based ethanol have risen from about Rs 27/litr...
Sugar: Brazilian model producing more ethanol and reducing outputAbout 250 representatives of the sugar co-operatives in Maharashtra have learnt the techniques of producing more ethanol and less sugar fro...
- Price of molasses spikes on cane shortage fears
Prices of sugar cane byproducts such as molasses, alcohol and rectified spirit have increased by up to 50% anticipating a shortage of the r...
- Domestic liquor companies perform better than benchmark indices
Shares of domestic brewers have performed better than the benchmark indices in the past three months on hopes of higher profits, led by a f...
- Maharashtra allows molasses ‘export’
Export refers to selling outside the state, something state has not allowed in the past.
State sugar mills look for bailoutMills have stocked up molasses in the hope of selling high.
- Liquor prices to go up by 20%
Tipplers may have to shell out extra pennies as molasses have become costlier by 75 per cent in the past one year.
- Liquor likely to get dearer from April
Prices of liquor are all set to increase from April this year, with liquor manufacturers planning to hike prices to offset the expected pri...
- United Spirits stock plummets as Q3 net slides 66% to Rs 30 cr
United Spirits, the world’s third-largest liquor marketer, has reported a massive drop in the third-quarter net profit to Rs 30 crore, than...
- Liquor prices may go up by 20 pc
Tipplers may have to shell out more for their favourite peg in coming months as increasing cost of molasses in the country is likely push a...
- Sugar cos fail to cash in on ethanol rush
The country is heading for a record production of ethanol this year. But that may be bad news for sugar companies.