The government on Monday allowed the conversion of surplus rice, available with the Food Corporation of India (FCI), to ethanol. The development comes at a time when loopholes in the
Centre permits conversion of surplus rice to ethanol for hand sanitisers
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
 "coronavirus, sanitiser, police")
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The ethanol produced will be used for making alcohol-based hand-sanitizers and for blending in petrol.
Topics : Coronavirus ethanol production ethanol Biofuel National Biofuel Policy Dharmendra Pradhan food security PDS India's PDS system National Food Security Act Food Corporation of India
First Published: Apr 20 2020 | 9:08 PM IST
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