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Ethanol makers slam OMCs' 2025-26 supply tender over allocation policy

While the Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association (Gema), in a statement issued on Thursday

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With ethanol supplies of 2.89 billion litres, only about 3.4 million tonnes of sugar will get diverted, while the requirement is for diverting around 5 million tonnes.

Sanjeeb Mukherjee New Delhi

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The recent allocation of ethanol by Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) for the 2025-26 supply year against a tender of 10.50 billion litres has drawn flak from both grain ethanol makers as well as those who produce ethanol from sugarcane for a variety of reasons.
 
While the Grain Ethanol Manufacturers Association (Gema), in a statement issued on Thursday, questioned the allocation policy saying that it has left surplus zones unrepresented, the Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (Isma), in its statement issued a few days back, said limited allocation for ethanol produced from sugarcane would have serious negative impact on the