Lok Sabha Question No. 2568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-17
Subject: Bamboo/Grain Ethanol Production Plants
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Brijbhushan Sharan Singh, Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Chandra Prakash Joshi, Mahendra Singh Solanky, Manoj Kumar Tiwari

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2568 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 th MARCH, 2022

## Bamboo/Grain Ethanol Production Plants

## 2568.  SHRI BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH:

SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of bamboo and grain ethanol production plants in the country along with the quantum of ethanol produced therefrom;
- (b)  whether the Government  is  planning to set up  new  bamboo  ethanol/ethanol production plants;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof along with cost appraisal and production estimates;
- (d)  the details of data showing consumption of ethanol in the country during the last five years and the current year;
- (e)  the details of trends in export and import of ethanol during the said period;
- (f)  whether the Government has proposed any policy to encourage ethanol production and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  the steps taken by the Government to spread awareness about bio-fuels?

## ANSWER

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## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  to  (c):  The  details  of  grain  ethanol  production plants in  the  country  is  at Annexure. The  quantum  of  ethanol  produced  from  grain  ethanol  production  plants  from  Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2018-19 till date in the current ESY 2021-22 is 78.21 crore litres. Numaligarh  Refinery  Limited  (NRL)  is  setting  up  a  Second  Generation  (2G)  ethanol plant of 185 KLPD at Numaligarh, Assam for converting bamboo biomass to ethanol at an estimated cost of Rs.3,250 crore.

- (d): The consumption of ethanol under Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme in the country during the last five years and the current year is tabulated below:
- (e):  Denatured  ethanol  of  any  strength  used  for  fuel  purpose  including  blending  with petrol  under  Ethanol  Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme is under  restricted category for export  and  import.  The  import  and  export  of  ethanol  as  biofuel  is  not  allowed  as  per National Policy on Biofuel-2018.
- (f):  Government has notified interest subvention schemes during 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 for augmentation and enhancement of ethanol production capacity in the country. Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have signed  long  term  ethanol  off-take  agreements with prospective  project  proponents to  set  up  dedicated  ethanol  plants  in  deficit  states. Government has also allowed multiple sugarcane and grain based feedstock for ethanol production,  fixed  feedstock  wise  remunerative  ethanol  procurement  prices,  amended Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 for uninterrupted production, storage and  movement  of  ethanol  across  the  country  and  included  ethanol  meant  for  EBP Programme  under  lowest  GST  slab  rate  of  5%  to  increase  production  of  ethanol  and promote EBP Programme.
- (g):  With  a  view  to  spread  awareness  about  biofuels,  Government  has,  notified  the National Policy on Biofuels - 2018 and has organized annual events like World Biofuel Day, World Environment Day, Exhibitions on biofuels, Conferences, Campaigns, Road & Talk-shows involving stakeholders, community members including farmers.

| Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) - period from December to November   | Procurement/Blended Quantity (in crore litres)                                  |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17                                                        | 66.5                                                                            |
| 2017-18                                                        | 150.5                                                                           |
| 2018-19                                                        | 188.6                                                                           |
| 2019-20                                                        | 173.0                                                                           |
| 2020-21                                                        | 302.3                                                                           |
| 2021-22 (From 01.12.2021 to 06.03.2022)                        | 102.8 (Contracted quantity for full ESY as on 06.03.2022 is 391.6 crore litres) |

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ANNEXURE  REFFERED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2568  ASKED  BY  SHRI  BRIJBHUSHAN  SHARAN SINGH,  SHRI  SANGAM  LAL  GUPTA,  SHRI  PRATAP  CHANDRA  SARANGI,  SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH SOLANKY & SHRI MANOJ TIWARI  ON  17.03.2022  REGARDING  BAMBOO/GRAIN  ETHANOL  PRODUCTION PLANTS.

| Statewise list of existing grain based ethanol distilleries   | Statewise list of existing grain based ethanol distilleries   | Statewise list of existing grain based ethanol distilleries   | Statewise list of existing grain based ethanol distilleries   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                                                       | Name of Distillery                                            | State                                                         | Capacity (KLPD)                                               |
| 1                                                             | AB Sugar Mill, Hoshiarpur                                     | Punjab                                                        | 60                                                            |
| 2                                                             | AB Sugars Mill                                                | Punjab                                                        | 30                                                            |
| 3                                                             | AB Grain Spirits Ltd., Gurdaspur                              | Punjab                                                        | 380                                                           |
| 4                                                             | Khasa Distillery, Amritsar                                    | Punjab                                                        | 40                                                            |
| 5                                                             | Rana Sugar Mill, Amrutsar                                     | Punjab                                                        | 80                                                            |
| 6                                                             | Patiala Distillers Mnf. Ltd., Patiala                         | Punjab                                                        | 120                                                           |
| 7                                                             | Jagatjit Distilleries Pvt. Ltd. Kapurthala                    | Punjab                                                        | 120                                                           |
| 8                                                             | Malbros International Ltd., Ferozepur,ZiraDist                | Punjab                                                        | 180                                                           |
| 9                                                             | Chadda Sugars Ltd. Gurdaspur                                  | Punjab                                                        | 150                                                           |
| 10                                                            | Chandigarh Distillers & Bottlers Ltd., Banur Patiala          | Punjab                                                        | 285                                                           |
| 11                                                            | NV Distilleries and Breweries Pvt. Ltd., Patiala              | Punjab                                                        | 130                                                           |
| 12                                                            | Oasis Distillery Ltd- Omsons Marketing Pvt Ltd                | Punjab                                                        | 120                                                           |
| 13                                                            | Pioneer Distillery, Pathankot                                 | Punjab                                                        | 90                                                            |
| 14                                                            | Patran Distillery, Patran                                     | Punjab                                                        | 30                                                            |
| 15                                                            | Nuway Organic Natural IndiaLtd., Patiala                      | Punjab                                                        | 45                                                            |
| 16                                                            | Piccadily Agro Industries Ltd., Patran                        | Punjab                                                        | 100                                                           |
| 17                                                            | Frost Falcon Distilleries, Sonipat                            | Haryana                                                       | 38                                                            |
| 18                                                            | Globus Agronics, Samalakha                                    | Haryana                                                       | 160                                                           |
| 19                                                            | Associated Distillery Ltd., Hissar                            | Haryana                                                       | 40                                                            |
| 20                                                            | Ashoka Distillers and Chemicals (P) Ltd. Palwal               | Haryana                                                       | 90                                                            |
| 21                                                            | Haryana Distillery Yamuna Nagar                               | Haryana                                                       | 60                                                            |
| 22                                                            | N.V. Distilleries Ltd., Ambala                                | Haryana                                                       | 75                                                            |
| 23                                                            | Haryana Organic, Panipat                                      | Haryana                                                       | 100                                                           |
| 24                                                            | Piccadily Agro Industries Ltd Karnal                          | Haryana                                                       | 100                                                           |
| 25                                                            | Oasis Distillery,- Oasis Commercial Pvt. Ltd. AMBALA          | Haryana                                                       | 120                                                           |
| 26                                                            | Oasis Distillery,- Oasis Overseas Export Pvt. Ltd. AMBALA     | Haryana                                                       | 120                                                           |
| 27                                                            | Panipat Co-op Distillery, Panipat                             | Haryana                                                       | 30                                                            |
| 28                                                            | Adie Broswom Distilleries & Breweries Ltd., NarainGarh        | Haryana                                                       | 100                                                           |

|   29 | ADS Spirits Pvt Ltd                                          | Haryana        |   65 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|------|
|   30 | Haryana Liquors Pvt Ltd, Karnal                              | Haryana        |  165 |
|   31 | South Seas Distillery & Breweries, Thane                     | Maharashtra    |   15 |
|   32 | Parnod Ricard India Pvt. Ltd., Nashik                        | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   33 | Karan Distillery Pvt. Ltd., Bhandara.                        | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   34 | Harneshwar Agro Products Power & Yeast, Pune                 | Maharashtra    |   50 |
|   35 | Viraj Alcohols & Allied Industries Ltd., Sangli              | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   36 | Alcoplus Producers Pvt. Ltd., Latur                          | Maharashtra    |   60 |
|   37 | Anand Distillery Pvt. Ltd., Dist: Amravati                   | Maharashtra    |   33 |
|   38 | Octaga Green Power & Sugar, Kolhapur                         | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   39 | Adlers Bio Energy Ltd., Osmanabad                            | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   40 | Grainotch Industries Ltd., Aurangabad                        | Maharashtra    |  100 |
|   41 | Yeshraj Ethanol Processing Pvt. Ltd., Satara                 | Maharashtra    |   45 |
|   42 | Shiv Shakti Glucose Karkhana Ltd.,Sangli                     | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   43 | Pranav Omprakash Khake Distilleries Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad    | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   44 | Dhaval Pratapsinh Mohite Patil Agro Industries Ltd., Solapur | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   45 | Venkateshwara Biorefineries & Biofuels Pvt. Ltd., Sangli     | Maharashtra    |   25 |
|   46 | Jogeshwari Breweries Pvt. Ltd., Osmanabad                    | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   47 | Radico NV Distilleries Ltd, Aurangabad                       | Maharashtra    |   60 |
|   48 | Saswad Mali Sugar Factory Ltd., Solapur                      | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   49 | Pioneer Distilleries Ltd., Nanded                            | Maharashtra    |   60 |
|   50 | Tilaknagar Industries Ltd,. Ahmednagar                       | Maharashtra    |  100 |
|   51 | Mallikarjun Distillery Pvt. Ltd., Aurangabad                 | Maharashtra    |   38 |
|   52 | Morya Grain Distilleries Pvt Ltd., Aurangabad                | Maharashtra    |   30 |
|   53 | Privilege Industries Ltd., Satara                            | Maharashtra    |  100 |
|   54 | Victoria Agro Food Processing Ltd., Latur                    | Maharashtra    |   60 |
|   55 | Shri Siddhivinayak Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., Kolhapur           | Maharashtra    |   29 |
|   56 | Oasis Alcohol Ltd., Satara                                   | Maharashtra    |   45 |
|   57 | Meghee Distillery Ltd - Dhule                                | Maharashtra    |   60 |
|   58 | Ghadlinglaj Agro Alco Chem. Ltd. Kolhapur                    | Maharashtra    |   45 |
|   59 | Gwalior Distilleries Ltd., Gwalior                           | Madhya Pradesh |  120 |
|   60 | Associated Alcohol Ltd., Khargone                            | Madhya Pradesh |   60 |
|   61 | Great Galleon Ltd., Indore                                   | Madhya Pradesh |   75 |
|   62 | SOM Distillery Ltd., Bhopal                                  | Madhya Pradesh |   60 |
|   63 | Oasis Distillery Ltd., Dhar                                  | Madhya Pradesh |   60 |
|   64 | Rairu Distilleries Ltd., Gwalior                             | Madhya Pradesh |   65 |

|   65 | Vindhyachal Distilleries Pvt. Ltd., Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh   |   30 |
|------|------------------------------------------------------|------------------|------|
|   66 | Gulshan Polyols Ltd                                  | Madhya Pradesh   |   60 |
|   67 | *Karthik Agro Industries Pvt. Ltd., Bagalkot         | Karnataka        |   60 |
|   68 | *Sovereign Distilleries Ltd., Raichur                | Karnataka        |   60 |
|   69 | Adinath Distilleries Ltd.,                           | Karnataka        |   45 |
|   70 | *Shamnur Sugar Ltd., Davangere                       | Karnataka        |   60 |
|   71 | Pampasara Distillery Ltd., Hospet                    | Karnataka        |   20 |
|   72 | Vintage Distillers Ltd., Rajasthan                   | Rajasthan        |   30 |
|   73 | United Spirits Ltd., Udaipur                         | Rajasthan        |   30 |
|   74 | Globus Spirits Ltd., Behror                          | Rajasthan        |  160 |
|   75 | Alwar Breweries & Distilleries Ltd., Alwar           | Rajasthan        |   25 |
|   76 | Pernod Record India Pvt. Ltd., Alwar                 | Rajasthan        |   25 |
|   77 | AgribiotechAjitgarh Ltd., Ajitgarh, Sikar            | Rajasthan        |   50 |
|   78 | H.S.B. Agro Industries Ltd., Ringas                  | Rajasthan        |   30 |
|   79 | NarangDistillery, Banswara,                          | Rajasthan        |    9 |
|   80 | IFB Agro Industries, Noorpur                         | West Bengal      |   60 |
|   81 | Globus Spirits Ltd., Panagarh                        | West Bengal      |  120 |
|   82 | Radico Khaitan Ltd. Rampur                           | Uttar Pradesh    |   80 |
|   83 | Jagatjit Industries Ltd., Bulandshahar               | Uttar Pradesh    |   20 |
|   84 | Sentini Bioproducts (P) Ltd. Krishna                 | Andhra Pradesh   |  120 |
|   85 | S.P.Y. Agro Ltd., Hyderabad, Kurnool                 | Andhra Pradesh   |  145 |
|   86 | Aroma Distillery, West Godavari                      | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   87 | N.S.L. Distillery, Hyderabad                         | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   88 | Bio Ethanol India Ltd., West Godavari                | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   89 | Haritha Bio-Products India Pvt. Ltd., Samajiguda     | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   90 | Satya Winery and Distillery, Hyderabad               | Andhra Pradesh   |   30 |
|   91 | Radical Bio-Organics Pvt. Ltd., Rnagareddy           | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   92 | Shasta Biofuels Pvt. Ltd., Mehboobnagar              | Andhra Pradesh   |  165 |
|   93 | Milano spirits India Pvt Ltd, Kakinada               | Andhra Pradesh   |   20 |
|   94 | Nadhi Bioproducts, Karnul                            | Andhra Pradesh   |   65 |
|   95 | Pearl Distilleries Pvt. Ltd., Ongole                 | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   96 | Shri. Teja Bio Fuels, West Godavari                  | Andhra Pradesh   |   50 |
|   97 | Sudalagunta Sugars Ltd., Tirupati                    | Andhra Pradesh   |  125 |
|   98 | Empee Distilleries Ltd., Sanga Reddy                 | Andhra Pradesh   |   60 |
|   99 | Chattisgarh Distillery Ltd. (CDL), Durg              | Chhattisgarh     |   50 |
|  100 | Bhatia Wine Merchants Pvt. Ltd., Dayalband, Bilaspur | Chhattisgarh     |   30 |
|  101 | Welcome Distillery Ltd., Bilaspur                    | Chhattisgarh     |   60 |
|  102 | Rangar Breweries, Himachal Pradesh                   | Himachal Pradesh |    5 |
|  103 | Shabakas Distilleries, Himachal Pradesh              | Himachal Pradesh |   30 |
|  104 | Premier Alcobev Pvt. Ltd.                            | Himachal Pradesh |   45 |

| 105   | Ankur Biochem, Dhanbad                           | Jharkhand          |   65 |
|-------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------|
| 106   | Brahmputra Biochem Pvt. Ltd., Gohati             | Assam              |   60 |
| 107   | Radiant Manufactureres Pvt. Ltd., Karbi, Anglong | Assam              |   45 |
| 108   | MJ & Sons, Bhagalpur                             | Bihar              |   45 |
| 109   | Globus Spirits, Hajipur                          | Bihar              |  100 |
| 110   | Bihar Distilleries Ltd, Ara                      | Bihar              |  160 |
| 111   | SCI India Ltd.                                   | Bihar              |   60 |
| 112   | Nayagarth Sugar Complex Ltd.                     | Orissa             |   30 |
| 113   | Boudh Distillery Pvt. Ltd.                       | Orissa             |   60 |
| 114   | ESS VEE GEE Pvt. Ltd.,                           | Sikkim             |   65 |
|       |                                                  | Total (KLPD)       | 7942 |
|       |                                                  | Total (in Cr ltrs) |  270 |

Source: Department of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution.