Sugar industry has survived due to use of ethanol: Nitin GadkariUnion minister Nitin Gadkari said on Sunday that India’s sugar industry has sustained itself due to ethanol production and stressed the nee...
14 Sep, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
Congress levels conflict of interest allegations against Gadkari over govt's ethanol push, BJP dismisses chargesThe Congress party has accused Union Minister Nitin Gadkari of a conflict of interest, alleging he promoted ethanol production to benefit c...
04 Sep, 2025, 04.12 PM IST
E20's a great switch, but there are ridersIndia's ambitious ethanol blending programme, achieving E20 five years ahead of schedule, faces challenges despite its potential to reduce ...
25 Aug, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
Biden admin to delay aviation fuel subsidy guidance until December, sources sayThe Biden administration is likely to delay its decision on whether to make it easier for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from corn-ba...
06 Sep, 2023, 08.27 PM IST
E20 fuel outlets will have pan-India presence by 2025, assures oil minister Hardeep Singh PuriIndia's oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said that the entire country will have special fuel stations retailing E20 petrol, drawin...
07 Jul, 2023, 04.06 PM IST
US boosts biofuel mandates over next 3 years, but biofuel groups feel shortchangedThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized biofuel blending volumes at 20.94 billion gallons in 2023, 21.54 billion gallons in ...
21 Jun, 2023, 07.34 PM IST
- Greening Strategy
Without governmental incentives, the growth of renewables would have been slowed, but without the private sector, none of it would have bee...
06 Jan, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
Tamil Nadu sugar mills want cap on ethanol output to goFor millers in Tamil Nadu, the prospects in ethanol appear brighter than the bread and butter of the business -sugar.
10 Nov, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
Government may find ethanol fix for liquor, oil companiesCurrently, ethanol produced from sugarcane is the only source for blending, which makes it scarce for alcohol and chemicals manufacturing.
25 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Ethanol blending to save 6 a litre for oil companies: Sugar mills6 for every litre of petrol sold if ethanol is blended with it, contradicting the OMCs' suggestion that blending will lead to costlier fuel.
05 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Mandatory blending of bio-petrol on cards, in a move to cut fuel import bill
The government will soon move for mandatory blending of petrol with ethanol (EBP), pegging the target at 5 per cent.
15 Jul, 2012, 07.51 AM 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
- Midcourse correction in ethanol project gives jitters to sugar mills
The recommendation of an expert panel to prune the ethanol-blending programme of fuel retailers could spell trouble for the country’s sugar...
05 Nov, 2010, 04.50 AM IST
- Is Sharad Pawar minister for agriculture or ethanol lobby?
Is food and civil supplies minister Sharad Pawar holding the Ethanol Blending Programme (EBP) to ransom
04 Aug, 2010, 03.56 AM IST
- Sugar firms ask govt to quickly fix ethanol price
Sugar manufacturers are waiting for a government notification which will direct oil companies to buy ethanol at a fixed price for six month...
13 May, 2010, 12.14 AM IST
- Interim price for ethanol fixed at Rs 27/l
A group of ministers endorsed a proposal by food and agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to raise the price of ethanol supplied to oil market...
09 Apr, 2010, 04.10 AM IST
- Centre weighs scrapping ethanol blending as crude slides
A Cabinet note questioning the wisdom of mixing ethanol with petrol at a time when crude oil prices have plummeted to around $40 a barrel m...
04 Feb, 2009, 03.10 AM IST