Lok Sabha Question No. 248 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Ethanol Production Units
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 248 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  December, 2022

## Ethanol Production Units

## † 248. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether ethanol production units have been set up as ethanol is likely to be mixed with  petrol  and  diesel  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  State-wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)  the quantity of ethanol is likely to be produced annually from these plants;
- (c)  the details of petrol and diesel saved from the production of ethanol;
- (d)  whether ethanol production units are proposed to be set up in Jabalpur;
- (e)  if so, the details thereof including production capacity; and
- (f)  the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामे वर तेल )

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

- (a):    Entrepreneurs  are  free  to  set  up  ethanol  production  units  in  any  part  of  the country including in Madhya  Pradesh.  The  State-wise details of the ethanol production units including in Madhya Pradesh are at Annexure.
- (b):  The  current  annual  production  capacity  in  the  country  for  ethanol  blending  in petrol and other uses is about 947 crore litres.
- (c): As one litre of ethanol displaces one litre of petrol on volumetric basis, equivalent quantity of petrol is saved due to ethanol blending. At present there is no blending of ethanol in diesel.
- (d) to (f): Two ethanol production units in Jabalpur District of Madhya Pradesh with an estimated annual ethanol production capacity of about 10.56 crore litre have been sanctioned financial  assistance  under  Interest  Subvention  Scheme  of  Department  of Food & Public Distribution.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 248 FOR 08.12.2022 REGARDING ETHANOL PRODUCTION UNITS

| State/UT            |   No. of Molasses Based projects |   Installed Capacity (in Cr ltrs p.a.) |   No. of Grain Based projects |   Installed Capacity (in Cr ltrs p.a.) |   Total Installed Capacity (in Cr ltrs p.a.) |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh      |                                8 |                                    8.6 |                            15 |                                   38.8 |                                         47.4 |
| Bihar               |                                8 |                                   16.3 |                             5 |                                   22.8 |                                         39.1 |
| Chhattisgarh        |                                0 |                                    0   |                             3 |                                    4.8 |                                          4.8 |
| Daman &Diu          |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Delhi               |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Goa                 |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Gujarat             |                               12 |                                   15.3 |                             0 |                                    0   |                                         15.3 |
| Haryana             |                                4 |                                    8.6 |                            15 |                                   49.1 |                                         57.6 |
| Himachal Pradesh    |                                0 |                                    0   |                             3 |                                    2.7 |                                          2.7 |
| Jammu &Kashmir      |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Jharkhand           |                                0 |                                    0   |                             2 |                                   12.4 |                                         12.4 |
| Karnataka           |                               33 |                                  100.2 |                             6 |                                   18.5 |                                        118.7 |
| Madhya Pradesh      |                                3 |                                    4.8 |                             8 |                                   18   |                                         22.8 |
| Maharashtra         |                              116 |                                  225.3 |                            28 |                                   42.7 |                                        268   |
| Odisha              |                                0 |                                    0   |                             2 |                                    3.1 |                                          3.1 |
| Punjab              |                                3 |                                    5.1 |                            18 |                                   76.8 |                                         82   |
| Rajasthan           |                                0 |                                    0   |                             8 |                                   12.2 |                                         12.2 |
| Tamil Nadu          |                               12 |                                   17.4 |                             0 |                                    0   |                                         17.4 |
| Telangana           |                                3 |                                    6.8 |                             2 |                                    7.3 |                                         14.1 |
| Uttar Pradesh       |                               58 |                                  205.3 |                             2 |                                    3.4 |                                        208.7 |
| Uttarakhand         |                                3 |                                    5.8 |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          5.8 |
| West Bengal         |                                0 |                                    0   |                             3 |                                   10.2 |                                         10.2 |
| Andaman& Nicobar    |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Assam               |                                0 |                                    0   |                             2 |                                    3.6 |                                          3.6 |
| Chandigarh          |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Dadar &Nagar Haveli |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Kerala              |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Ladakh              |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Manipur             |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Meghalaya           |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Mizoram             |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Nagaland            |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Puducherry          |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Sikkim              |                                0 |                                    0   |                             1 |                                    2.2 |                                          2.2 |
| Tripura             |                                0 |                                    0   |                             0 |                                    0   |                                          0   |
| Total               |                              263 |                                  619.4 |                           123 |                                  328.5 |                                        947.9 |

Source: Dept of Food & Public Distribution, Govt of India