From 2025, all new vehicles sold in India will need to be E20-compliant

E20 is petrol blended with extent to 20% ethanol

India is aiming to sell only petrol blended to an extent of 20 per cent with ethanol (E20) from 2025-26.

According to officials in the know, all new vehicles sold in the country will need to be E20-compliant from 2025. This move may force automakers to reconfigure their existing petrol vehicles to operate using the blended fuel.

Speaking to journalists a day after the Union Cabinet hiked the ethanol procurement price, Petroleum Secretary Tarun Kapoor said: “The target is to only sell E20 petrol across the country from 2025. E20 petrol will be introduced from 2023. In the transitional period, both E20