The government will fast-track an ethanol program that will divert as much as 6 million tons of sugar toward fuel production annually by 2025, according to the food ministry
The policy, which could be a viable and long-term answer to the cyclicality in the sugar sector
OMCs had entered into contracts with sugar mills to procure 1.6 billion litres of ethanol during the last ethanol year.
This can be done only if India achieves the targeted 20 per cent ethanol mix in transportation fuel according to the scheduled timeline