Lok Sabha Question No. 3580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Ethanol Production
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dhal Singh Bisen

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3580 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  MARCH, 2022

## Ethanol Production

## †3580. DR. DHAL SINGH BISEN:

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

- (a)  whether the Government has made estimate of ethanol production and if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (b)  whether  any  provision  has  been  made  to  provide  any  assistance  to  promote ethanol production in Madhya Pradesh in previous years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  set  any  target  for  fuel  blending  for  petroleum fueled vehicles and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the details and the current status of fuel blending, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The current ethanol production state-wise is at Annexure.

(b):  Government  has  notified  the  National  Policy  Biofuels  -  2018  to  promote biofuels including  ethanol  production  all  over  the  country  including  the  State  of Madhya Pradesh under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme. Government, since  2014,  has  taken  several  measures  to  increase  production  and utilization  of  ethanol  in  the  country  which  includes  permitting  procurement  of ethanol produced from other non-food feedstock besides molasses, like cellulosic and  lignocelluloses  materials  like  cotton  stalk,  wheat  straw,  rice  straw,  bagasse, bamboo  etc.  including  petrochemical  route,  subject  to  meeting  the  relevant  BIS standards; allowing use of sugarcane and food grains (maize and surplus stocks of rice with Food Corporation of India) for conversion to ethanol; administered price mechanism for  procurement  of  ethanol  under  the  Ethanol  Blended  Petrol  (EBP) Programme including enhanced ex-mill price of ethanol year on year from ethanol supply  year  2017-18;  lowered  GST  rate  to  5%  on  ethanol  for  EBP  Programme; amendment in Industries (Development & Regulation) Act for free movement of ethanol across states for blending; interest subvention scheme for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity in the country.

(c): The National Policy on Biofuels - 2018 provides an indicative target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol and 5% blending of Biodiesel in diesel by 2030. The

Government has advanced the target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol to 20252026.

(d):  The  details  of  current  status  of  fuel  blending,  State-wise  including  Madhya Pradesh is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3580 FOR 24.03.2022 REGARDING ETHANOL PRODUCTION.

(In crore litres)

| Sl. No.   | STATE/UT                    | Existing Ethanol Production Capacity*   | Current status of ethanol supplied/ blended under EBP Programme#   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.   | STATE/UT                    | Existing Ethanol Production Capacity*   | Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2021-22 (up to 13.03.2022)               |
| 1         | Andaman &Nicobar            | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 2         | Andhra Pradesh              | 47.4                                    | 5.6                                                                |
| 3         | Bihar                       | 28.7                                    | 5.3                                                                |
| 4         | Chandigarh                  | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 5         | Chhattisgarh                | 4.8                                     | 2.4                                                                |
| 6         | Daman &Diu and Nagar Haveli | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 7         | Delhi                       | 0.0                                     | 3.4                                                                |
| 8         | Goa                         | 0.0                                     | 0.7                                                                |
| 9         | Gujarat                     | 15.5                                    | 5.9                                                                |
| 10        | Haryana                     | 49.8                                    | 5.1                                                                |
| 11        | Himachal Pradesh            | 2.7                                     | 0.7                                                                |
| 12        | Jammu &Kashmir              | 0.0                                     | 0.1                                                                |
| 13        | Jharkhand                   | 2.2                                     | 1.3                                                                |
| 14        | Karnataka                   | 102.2                                   | 8.9                                                                |
| 15        | Kerala                      | 0.0                                     | 6.9                                                                |
| 16        | Ladakh                      | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 17        | Madhya Pradesh              | 21.4                                    | 5.1                                                                |
| 18        | Maharashtra                 | 247.2                                   | 13.5                                                               |
| 19        | Odisha                      | 3.1                                     | 2.8                                                                |
| 20        | Pondicherry                 | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 21        | Punjab                      | 82.1                                    | 4.6                                                                |
| 22        | Rajasthan                   | 12.0                                    | 5.5                                                                |
| 23        | Tamilnadu                   | 17.4                                    | 10.4                                                               |
| 24        | Telangana                   | 4.8                                     | 5.3                                                                |
| 25        | Uttar Pradesh               | 175.7                                   | 15.3                                                               |
| 26        | Uttarakhand                 | 5.8                                     | 0.8                                                                |
| 27        | West Bengal                 | 6.1                                     | 2.7                                                                |
| 28        | Arunachal Pradesh           | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 29        | Assam                       | 3.6                                     | 0.9                                                                |
| 30        | Manipur                     | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 31        | Meghalaya                   | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 32        | Mizoram                     | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 33        | Nagaland                    | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 34        | Sikkim                      | 2.2                                     | 0.0                                                                |
| 35        | Tripura                     | 0.0                                     | 0.0                                                                |

* Source: Department of Food & Public Distribution

# Source: Oil Marketing Companies

ESY- Period from 1st December to 30th November