India is set to close in on the highest ever of 7.2 per cent of ethanol blending with petrol in the current season (December 2018 – November 2019).
The current consumption of fuel sets 3300 million litres of ethanol requirement to achieve 10 per cent of blending target by 2022 for the entire country excluding J&K, North Eastern States and island territories. For the current season itself i.e. 2018-19, however, sugar mills in India have contracted for supply of 2370 million litres which works out to 7.2 per cent of the petrol consumption in India. Average all India ethanol blending with petrol achieved last year in 2017-18 was 4.22 per cent.
