The Uttar Pradesh government has issued guidelines for the production and sale of biodiesel in the state, people aware of the development said.
“According to the guidelines issued by additional chief secretary, energy and renewable energy, Mahesh Kumar Gupta, last month, the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) has been entrusted with the power to regulate production and sale of biodiesel in the state,” a NEDA official said.
Any person/firm seeking production/sale will have to apply to the NEDA with a registration fee of ₹5,000 and only indigenously produced biodiesel will be permitted to be sold.
