National Biofuel Policy

Broad contours of the purchase plan have been discussed

World Biofuel Day is celebrated every year on August 10. It aims is to bring issues to light about the use of alternative fuel sources instead of fossil fuels

Also, more feedstocks have been allowed for the production of biofuels which can be doped with auto fuels

Move will lead to use of part of a stockpile of 30.57 million tonnes, which is almost 126% more than the buffer stock and strategic requirement norms

It also allows use of surplus food grains for production of ethanol for blending with petrol with the approval of National Biofuel Coordination Committee, it said