New Delhi
Minister for
Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari, mentioned that the Indian
Government will decide on making flex-fuel engines mandatory in the next 8 to
10 days. He added that the move will benefit farmers and boost the Indian
economy.
Speaking
virtually at the Rotary District Conference 2020-21, Gadkari said that
flex-fuel engines can be an alternative to customers using 100% petrol or
bio-ethanol. He added that automakers in the US, Brazil and Canada were
producing the engines.
Ethanol was
beneficial as it was an import substitute, pollution-free, indigenous and
cost-effective option. The price of ethanol is Rs 60-62 per litre while petrol
costs Rs 100 per litre.
Last year the
government set a target of reaching 10% ethanol blending in petrol by 2022 and
20% by 2030. Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced the advancement of
the 20% target to 2025.
Currently, 8.5%
ethanol is mixed with petrol as compared to 1-1.5% in 2014. The country’s
ethanol procurement increased from 38 crore litres to 320 crore litres.
Source – Times Drive
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