The Centre is proposing a new Sugarcane (Control) Order 2026, replacing the 1966 version to integrate ethanol production, digital complianc...

Several sugar firms have approached various courts seeking a stay on the Centre's December 7 order prohibiting mills from producing ethanol...

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

A ban on using sugarcane to make ethanol was imposed to check rising sugar prices in the domestic market.

The Food Ministry has issued a fresh order overturning the recent ban on using sugarcane juice for ethanol production. The revised directiv...

The government's decision came amid concerns about a fall in the production of sugarcane due to erratic weather conditions, and rising pric...

The Indian government is likely to permit the diversion of 1.7 million tonnes of sugar for ethanol production, just days after instructing ...

Indian Sugar Mills' Association (ISMA) demanded that the government revise soon the prices of ethanol made from B-heavy and C-heavy mollase...

Sugar factories cannot survive on sugar production alone. Of the total ethanol produced in the country, 50 to 52 per cent is produced using...

The Indian government has directed sugar mills and distilleries to refrain from using sugarcane juice or sugar syrup for ethanol production...

In the 2020-21 ethanol marketing year ending November, the country is estimated to achieve an 8.5 per cent blending of ethanol with petrol,...

Recently, the central government had notified that no environmental clearance would be required by sugar mills to produce additional ethano...

The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs raised the procurement price of ethanol derived from 100 per cent sugarcane juice to Rs 59.13 per...

Unlike the US, India need not use crops like maize to produce biofuel, an alternate fuel that consumes a large portion of corn production, ...

Too much sugar could cause diabetes. And diabetes calls for long-term remedy.

The government is considering a proposal to allow ethanol production from secondary sugarcane juice to help mills and farmers.