India looking to extend soft loans for ethanol expansion to grain feedstocks

In India, the Press Trust of India reports that the government is looking at the possibility of extending its soft loans to promote ethanol production, currently only available for molasses and sugarcane, to grain-based facilities in an effort to quickly ramp up ethanol production. The country’s 20% ethanol blending goals for 2030 aren’t likely to be achieved if only sugarcane is considered as feedstock. Cabinet approval is required to shift the current scheme to allow for grain feedstocks as well.