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Insects in your fuel tank? ISMA responds to claims of E20-led car damage & sugarcane mixing claimsE20 petrol is safe and scientifically validated, ISMA said, dismissing claims that it damages vehicles, attracts insects, voids insurance o...
Grain-based ethanol accounts for nearly 67% of supplies; maize remains the largest feedstockSurplus FCI grains and sugarcane juice also significantly contribute to the diversified feedstock mix. Policy support for higher blends and...
Maize emerges as India’s top ethanol feedstock as supplies surpass 515 crore litresIndia's cumulative ethanol supplies reached approximately 515 crore litres in the first half of ESY 2025-26, with maize emerging as the lar...
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...
Ban on sugar for ethanol: Centre files caveats in High Courts of Bombay and Karnataka fearing stay orderSeveral sugar firms have approached various courts seeking a stay on the Centre's December 7 order prohibiting mills from producing ethanol...
Traders look to buy maize from Myanmar to produce ethanolAs sugar prices started to rise due to estimates of lower production of sugarcane in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the Centre capped diversion...
Government lifting restriction on sugarcane use raises hope of sugar millsA ban on using sugarcane to make ethanol was imposed to check rising sugar prices in the domestic market.
Govt issues revised order to allow use of sugarcane juice for making ethanol in 2023-24The Food Ministry has issued a fresh order overturning the recent ban on using sugarcane juice for ethanol production. The revised directiv...
Curbs may be eased on sugar use for ethanol productionThe government's decision came amid concerns about a fall in the production of sugarcane due to erratic weather conditions, and rising pric...
Government to allow diversion of 1.7 million tonnes of sugar for ethanol productionThe Indian government is likely to permit the diversion of 1.7 million tonnes of sugar for ethanol production, just days after instructing ...
Investment of Rs 15,000 cr at risk due to sudden ban on use of cane juice for making ethanol: ISMAIndian Sugar Mills' Association (ISMA) demanded that the government revise soon the prices of ethanol made from B-heavy and C-heavy mollase...
Centre should reconsider its decision on ethanol: Co-operative sugar mills federation officialSugar factories cannot survive on sugar production alone. Of the total ethanol produced in the country, 50 to 52 per cent is produced using...
Govt asks sugar mills, distilleries to not use sugarcane juice, sugar syrup for ethanolThe Indian government has directed sugar mills and distilleries to refrain from using sugarcane juice or sugar syrup for ethanol production...
Centre doubles incentive on sugar sacrificed for producing ethanol from October 2021In the 2020-21 ethanol marketing year ending November, the country is estimated to achieve an 8.5 per cent blending of ethanol with petrol,...
IOCL gets environmental clearance to set up Rs 766-crore 2G ethanol plant in PanipatRecently, the central government had notified that no environmental clearance would be required by sugar mills to produce additional ethano...
Govt hikes ethanol price to cut oil import bill by USD 1 billionThe decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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...
- Official says no need for India to use maize for biofuel
Unlike the US, India need not use crops like maize to produce biofuel, an alternate fuel that consumes a large portion of corn production, ...
- Chini Kum profit more from ethanol
Too much sugar could cause diabetes. And diabetes calls for long-term remedy.
- Govt considering proposal to allow ethanol production: Pawar
The government is considering a proposal to allow ethanol production from secondary sugarcane juice to help mills and farmers.