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Yogi government eyeing Rs 1,600 crore investment in defunct state sugar mills
Biofuel, made from corn, helps support farm-belt growth
Lack of ethanol producing capacity a major stumbling block; green fuel makers not satisfied with incentive structure, reluctant to boost production
To add 250 mn litres of new capacity to the existing 2,750 million litres
A decision in this regard was taken in a Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
CCEA decides price, exclusive of taxes and levies at slightly less than earlier one from 2014
Currently coal production is surplus in the country and that surplus coal can be utilised for producing urea