20% ethanol blending: Target 2025, 5 years early

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday advanced the country’s target of 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by five years to 2025, from 2030.

“This goal (of 20 per cent ethanol blending) was earlier set at 2030. But seeing the kind of strides that the country has made in the past seven years, we have decided to reduce the timeline by five years,’’ Modi said at the launch of a pilot project for dispensing ethanol from three petrol stations in Pune.

The Prime Minister also released a report of an inter-ministerial committee which lays out a comprehensive roadmap for the development of the ethanol sector.