Bihar wants end to quota on production of ethanol

Bihar has reached out to the Centre to seek removal of the state-specific quota on production of ethanol as it has the capacity to produce more than its allocated share due to high availability of maize and rice husk. The state has also come out with a comprehensive industrial promotion policy for textile and leather based on relevant data and studies in the last nine months.

Nitish Kumar demanded twice in his speech on Wednesday in Patna at the release of the textile and leather investment promotion policy that the Centre should not bind Bihar within a quota for production of ethanol. This quota for states is based on its consumption of ethanol. Kumar had reportedly also expressed his concern to Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, a keen enthusiast of the use of ethanol,