Petrol blended with 20 per cent ethanol was rolled out on Monday, February 6, 2023, at select petrol pumps in 11 states and union territories.
At present, 10 per cent ethanol is blended in petrol (10 per cent ethanol, 90 per cent petrol) and the government is looking to double this quantity by 2025.
Petrol blended with 20 per cent ethanol was rolled out on Monday, February 6, 2023, at select petrol pumps in 11 states and union territories .
At present, 10 per cent ethanol is blended in petrol (10 per cent ethanol, 90 per cent petrol) and the government is looking to double this quantity by 2025.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the higher 20% ethanol-blended petrol two months ahead of the planned rollout in April, at the India Energy Week (IEW) 2023 here.
"We have increased ethanol blending in petrol from 1.5 per cent (in 2014) to 10 per cent and are now progressing towards 20 per cent blending," Mr. Modi said.
In the first phase, 15 cities will be covered and in the next two years it will be expanded throughout the country.
India saved as much as ₹53,894 crore in forex outgo from 10 per cent blending besides benefiting the farmers.
E-20 (petrol with 20 per cent ethanol) will be available at 84 petrol pumps of three State-owned fuel retailers in 11 States/UTs.
Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said India achieved blending of 10 per cent ethanol in petrol, 5 months in advance during June'2022.
"As a country on a fast trajectory of economic growth, India is projected to witness the largest increase in energy demand of any country over the next two decades.
"As a country on a fast trajectory of economic growth, India is projected to witness the largest increase in energy demand of any country over the next two decades.
India spent USD 120.7 billion on import of crude oil in 2021-22 fiscal (April 2021 to March 2022).