Overview
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Context
The Union Cabinet has approved amendments to the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018, to advance the date by which fuel companies have to increase the percentage of ethanol in petrol to 20%, from 2030 to 2025.
Background
What is Ethanol?
How it is produced?
Analysis
What is ethanol blending?
What is the present status of Ethanol blending in India?
Need for change in the policy
Benefits
Impacts of Ethanol blending
Challenges associated
Although promising, the ethanol blending programme faces several challenges and concerns. Some of them are discussed below:
Way forward
Conclusion
The Central Government has resolved to meet the target of 20 percent ethanol blending in petrol by 2025. This will help India strengthen its energy security, enable local enterprises and farmers to participate in the energy economy and reduce vehicular emissions. Hence for attaining E100 i.e. cent percent clean mobility, ambitious ethanol blending program is a must. But the emphasis should also be laid on alternative of ethanol like, Methanol with some modifications can also be used for blending and major source of producing ethanol is sugarcane which is a water intensive crop.
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