India seen pushing through 20% ethanol lending level

In India, Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Housing & Urban Affairs, said that  the 10 percent target on biofuel blending by November, 2022 was attained 5 months in advance, and the 20 percent biofuel blending target of 2030 has been advanced to 2025.

Also slowly and surely, the Minister said that we are shedding this limit of 20 percent as this limit was imposed by us on ourselves because the automobile companies told that up to 20 percent blending not much change is required in engines. But now, he said, we have 20 percent blended fuel, and the process of setting up of ethanol and biogas plants etc. is underway rigourously. The automobile manufacturers are also moving forward in terms of technological advancements. Giving example of  the recently launched Green Hydrogen Bus by India Oil, he said that now we are going into new technological mindset, we have elecric cars and other flexi-fuel vehicles.