Lok Sabha Question No. 1114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-22
Subject: Production and Promotion of Ethanol
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: B. S. YEDDYURAPPA, ALOK SANJAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 ND  November, 2016

## PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF ETHANOL

## 1114. SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA: SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  promote  ethanol  as  an alternative  fuel  in  this  country,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the quantum of ethanol produced in the country during the last 2 years along with the details of the production cost thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to provide facility/assistance for producing ethanol directly from sugarcane juice, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of progress made in this regard so far along with the time by which this scheme is likely to be implemented; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government to increase the production of ethanol and promote its usage in the country?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Yes, Madam.  The  National Policy on bio fuels, announced  in December,  2009  aims  at  bringing  about  accelerated  development  and promotion of the cultivation, production and use of bio-fuels including bioethanol to increasingly substitute petrol and diesel for transport and other applications. To promote blending of ethanol with petrol and its use as an alternative fuel in the country, Government has scaled up blending targets from 5% to 10%, fixed remunerative price and waived off excise duty for sugar season 2015-16 (upto 10.08.2016) for supply of ethanol under EBP. As per industry sources, the production cost of ethanol produced through C-heavy  route  from  molasses  is  Rs.  36.30  per  liter.    The  details  of alcohol/ethanol manufactured from molasses during the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 as received from industry sources are annexed.
- (b):
- No, Madam.
- (c): Does not arise.

(d): The  Government  is  promoting  various  Research  and  Development (R&D) programmes for developing bio-fuel technologies, particularly second  generation  bio-fuel  technologies  for  production  of  ethanol  from Ligno-Cellulosic materials. With a view to increase production of ethanol, the Government is also providing soft loans of upto 40% of the project cost to the sugar mills for setting up ethanol project under Sugar Development Fund  Rules.    Further,  in  order  to  augment  supplies  of  ethanol  to  Oil marketing Companies (OMCs) under Ethanol Blended with Petrol Programme  (EBP),  blending  target  has  been  scaled  up  from  5%  to  10%, fixed remunerative price and waived off excise duty upto (to 10 th  August, 2016).

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## ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 22.11.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## All India Production of Alcohol / Ethanol (Crore liters)

| Year (Dec-Nov)   |   Production (Crore liters) | Quantity supplied for blending with petrol (Crore liters)   |
|------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16          |                         272 | 105 (upto 15.11.2016)                                       |
| 2014-15          |                         312 | 68                                                          |

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