Lok Sabha Question No. 837 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-24
Subject: Ethanol Blending in Petrol
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Dharmapuri

## ETHANOL BLENDING IN PETROL

## 837. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

## पेĚोͧलयम और Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  current  average  percentage  of  ethanol  blending  in  petrol  achieved nationwide as on March 31, 2025 along with the State-wise performance trends;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  mapped  surplus  sugarcane,  rice  and  maize  zones  for decentralised ethanol production units and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  to  ensure  that  ethanol  procurement  does  not  distort  food security and rural water availability particularly in water stressed regions of India especially Telangana?

## ANSWER

## पेĚोͧलयम और Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğालय मɅ राÏय मंğी ( Įी सुरेश गोपी )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI SURESH GOPI)

(a):  The Government has been promoting the blending of ethanol with petrol under the Ethanol Blended  Petrol  (EBP)  Programme.  During  the  ongoing  Ethanol  Supply  Year  (ESY)  2024-25, Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have achieved an average ethanol blending of 18.36% as on 31.03.2025 and has gone up to 18.93% as  on 30.06.2025. In the month  of June 2025, Ethanol blending of 19.92% has been achieved. State-wise ethanol blending targets are not set. The State/UT-wise ethanol blending performance trends for ESY 2024-25 (as on 30.06.2025) are at Annexure .

(b):   Government, since 2014, has taken several measures to ensure equitable access to ethanol production opportunities across various regions of the country. These ethanol production plants are  set  up  by  entrepreneurs/companies/co-operative  societies,  etc.  depending  upon  the  technoeconomic  viability  of  the  project  as  per  their  investment  plans  which inter-alia includes assessment  of  feedstock  availability  at  viable  cost.  To  meet  the  requirement  of  ethanol  for blending  in  petrol,  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs)  have  signed  Long  Term  Offtake Agreements  (LTOAs)  with  Dedicated  Ethanol  Plants  (DEPs).  To  encourage  entrepreneurs  to enhance  and  add  new  ethanol  distillation  capacities  throughout  the  country  the  Government, during  2018-22,  approved  'in-principle'  Interest  Subvention  Schemes.  Further,  a  dedicated subvention scheme for Cooperative Sugar Mills to convert existing sugarcane-based distilleries into  multi-feedstock  plants  for  ethanol  production  from  molasses  as  well  as  grains  has  been notified by the Government on 06.03.2025.

(c): The National Policy on Biofuels, as amended in 2022, which extends across the country including the State of Telangana, promotes use of, inter-alia ,  damaged food grains like broken rice, food grains unfit for human consumption, food grains during surplus phase as declared by the  National  Biofuel  Coordination  Committee  (NBCC),  and  agriculture  residues  (Rice  straw, cotton stalk, corn cobs, saw dust, bagasse etc.). This Policy also promotes and encourages use of feedstock such as corn, cassava, rotten potatoes, maize, sugarcane juice & molasses. The extent of utilization  of  individual  feedstock for  ethanol  production  varies annually,  influenced  by  factors such  as  availability,  costs,  economic  feasibility,  market  demand,  and  policy  incentives.  Any diversion  of  sugarcane  juice,  its  by-products,  maize,  and  other  food/feed  crops  for  ethanol production  is  carefully calibrated in  consultation  with relevant stakeholders. Further, to incentivize the use of non-food biomass for second generation ethanol production, Government has launched Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan-Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana to provide financial support to advance bio-fuel projects using lignocellulosic biomass and other  renewable  feedstocks.  The  grant  of  Environmental  Clearance  (EC)  to  ethanol  production units throughout the country including in Telangana require compliance of water-use norms, as use of groundwater for ethanol distilleries is prohibited.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 837 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2025 ON 'ETHANOL BLENDING IN PETROL' ASKED BY SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI.

Ethanol blending performance trends, States/UTs -wise, during ESY 2024-25 as of 30.06.2025

| STATE / UNION TERRITORY               | %Blending (Sales)   |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar                      | 6.26%               |
| Andhra Pradesh                        | 19.00%              |
| Arunachal Pradesh                     | 18.87%              |
| Assam                                 | 18.96%              |
| Bihar                                 | 19.02%              |
| Chandigarh                            | 19.04%              |
| Chhattisgarh                          | 16.96%              |
| Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman &Diu | 19.01%              |
| Delhi                                 | 18.96%              |
| Goa                                   | 16.15%              |
| Gujarat                               | 18.95%              |
| Haryana                               | 19.30%              |
| Himachal Pradesh                      | 19.26%              |
| Jammu &Kashmir                        | 18.84%              |
| Jharkhand                             | 18.79%              |
| Karnataka                             | 19.13%              |
| Kerala                                | 19.25%              |
| Ladakh                                | 16.17%              |
| Lakshadweep                           | 16.65%              |
| Madhya Pradesh                        | 19.09%              |
| Maharashtra                           | 18.84%              |
| Manipur                               | 18.17%              |
| Meghalaya                             | 18.96%              |
| Mizoram                               | 16.66%              |
| Nagaland                              | 19.03%              |
| Odisha                                | 19.08%              |
| Pondicherry                           | 19.18%              |
| Punjab                                | 19.23%              |
| Rajasthan                             | 18.98%              |
| Sikkim                                | 19.22%              |
| Tamil Nadu                            | 19.11%              |
| Telangana                             | 19.09%              |
| Tripura                               | 18.82%              |
| Uttar Pradesh                         | 18.81%              |
| Uttarakhand                           | 19.00%              |
| West Bengal                           | 19.28%              |
| TOTAL                                 | 18.93%              |

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