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Ethanol blending with petrol likely to reach 7.2% in 2018-19 season from 4.2% last year
•The new Biofuel Policy 2018 has fixed a target of achieving 20 percent ethanol blending with petrol by 2030.
Ethanol blending with petrol to double at 8% in 2018-19 sugar year: Oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan
•Ethanol blending with petrol is likely to double to 8 percent in the current season as a better price is being offered by oil marketing companies, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday.
Ethanol as alternative fuel: Why the idea is bad and will worsen the plight of sugarcane farmers
Rnb •Sugarcane has become a bitter crop for Maharashtra. Ethanol is just one more way by which it seeks to gain legitimacy.
Sugar stocks jump 20% as government raises ethanol price for blending in petrol by 25%
•The government on Wednesday approved an over 25% hike in the price of ethanol produced directly from sugarcane juice for blending in petrol in a bid to cut surplus sugar production and reduce oil imports.
Cabinet nod to revision of ethanol price for petrol blending
•Moving towards a free market structure, the Cabinet today approved a new mechanism for revising price of sugarcane-extracted ethanol used for blending in petrol, resulting in drop in rates by Rs 3 to Rs 39 per litre.