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...

India mandates E20 petrol from April 1, 2026. Viral claims suggest E20 attracts ants due to sugar. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BP...

Maruti Suzuki has launched India's first flex-fuel passenger car, the Wagon R Bioflex, priced at Rs 7.24 lakh. This commercial-only variant...

Maruti Suzuki has introduced India's first flex-fuel passenger car. This technology allows vehicles to run on petrol or petrol-ethanol blen...

Farmers call the hike inadequate while industry warns of rising cane arrears

India's cumulative ethanol supplies reached approximately 515 crore litres in the first half of ESY 2025-26, with maize emerging as the lar...

The government plans to reduce broken rice in public distribution to 10% from 25%, freeing up 90 lakh tonnes annually for the ethanol secto...

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

India's ethanol program has saved billions in foreign exchange. However, government policies favoring maize for ethanol are pushing farmers...

The union food ministry has announced a scheme to help cooperative sugar mills convert their ethanol plants to operate year-round using gra...

Godavari Biorefineries is investing Rs 130 crore in a new 200 KLPD corn/grain-based distillery, boosting its ethanol production. The facili...

Bihar Agriculture Minister Mangal Pandey has urged private sector investment in hybrid maize seed production and warehouse facilities. The ...

"We believe that there's a great opportunity to support India's advancement in increasing ethanol production," said Alexis Taylor, United S...

Nafed and National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India (NCCF) will procure maize at a minimum support price of Rs 2,090 per quintal ...

The Indian government has pledged to meet a 20% ethanol blending target by 2025-26, despite a temporary ban on sugarcane juice and sugar sy...

On industry body ISMA's demand for a hike in ethanol price to Rs 69.85 per litre, Chopra said a committee is deliberating this issue.

Global food prices could ease by up to 20 per cent by 2010 if biofuel production is stopped completely across the world, a US-based think-t...