Lok Sabha Question No. 3843 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-18
Subject: Ethanol Producing Companies in Bihar
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav, Shri Kaushalendra Kumar

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3843 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18TH DECEMBER, 2024

## ETHANOL PRODUCING COMPANIES IN BIHAR

## f 3843 . SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION wftu7 wma, wg 3Br tIT+gf1% fBaWT +it be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of ethanol producing  companies issued licenses along with  the number of companies that have already started their production in Bihar;

- (b) the number of ethanol companies that have been issued license in the country, State WIse

- (c) whether the production has been affected due to non-supply of full  requirement of raw material to the companies despite having  been issued licences; and

- (d) if  so, the details thereon

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): Government of  India  has  been implementing Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme throughout the country wherein Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) sell petrol blended with ethanol. Under EBP Programme, Government has fixed the target of  20% blending of ethanol with  petrol  by 2025-26.

In  order to  enhance the ethanol production capacity in the country required to meet the blending targets set under EBP Programme, Government has notified  various Ethanol Interest Subvention Schemes from 2018 to 2022

Under these schemes, a total  of 47 projects from the State of Bihar have been issued inprinciple  approvals for  grant of  interest subvention on the loans advanced by banks/financial institutions for setting  up  of  new  ethanol distilleries(molasses based/dual feed/grain based)/expansion of existing distilleries(molasses based/dual feed/grain  based).

At present there are 22 ethanol distilleries  (8 molasses based &  14 grain based) in Bihar which  have already started production  of  ethanol.

(b): A  Statement of  State-wise details of  ethanol distilleries that have been issued inprinciple  approvals under various ethanol Interest Subvention Schemes notified  from 2018 to 2022 is given at Armexure.

(c) &  (d): Oil  Marketing  Companies (OMCs) for every Ethanol Supply Year (ESY), invite bids from  ethanol distilleries  for  purchase of  ethanol produced from  different  feedstocks as per their availability.

Upon the receipt of bids, OMCs  allocate quantities of ethanol produced from different feedstocks to be supplied by the distilleries  during  a particular  ESY.  In  case of shortage in the availability  of  any feedstock, OMCs  have been flexible  in  accepting requests for change of feedstock & issue revised allocation to distilleries.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3843 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 18.12.2024 IN THE LOK SABHA.

| i : 8   | S t a t e / IL][ n i o n T e r r i t o ry   | No of Distilleries   | No of Distilleries   | No of Distilleries   | Total   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|---------|
| i : 8   | S t a t e / IL][ n i o n T e r r i t o ry   | Grain Based          | Molasses Based       | 1Dual feed Based     | Total   |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh                              | 22                   | 6                    |                      | 29      |
| 2       | Assam                                       | 8                    | 0                    | 0                    | 8       |
| 3       | Bihar                                       | 32                   | 7                    | 8                    | 47      |
| 4       | Chhattisgarh                                | 39                   | 2                    |                      | 42      |
| 5       | Daman& Diu                                  | 0                    |                      |                      | a Al    |
| 6       | Goa                                         | 0                    |                      | 0                    |         |
| 7       | Gujarat                                     | 15                   | 9                    | 3                    | 27      |
| 8       | Haryana                                     | 17                   | 8                    | 4                    | 29      |
| 9       | Himachal Pradesh                            | 3                    | 2                    | 0                    | 5       |
| 10      | Jammu& Kashmir                              | 4                    | 0                    | 0                    | 4       |
| 11      | Jharkhand                                   | 8                    | 0                    | 0                    | 8       |
| 12      | Karnataka                                   | 33                   | 122                  | 28                   | 183     |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh                              | 55                   | 16                   | 6                    |         |
| 14      | Maharashtra                                 | 59                   | 276                  | 44                   | 379     |
| 15      | Me£halaya                                   | 1                    | 0                    | 0                    |         |
| 16      | Odisha                                      | 29                   | 0                    | 0                    | 29      |
| 17      | Punjab                                      | 25                   | 16                   | 4                    | 45      |
| 18      | Rajasthan                                   | 23                   | 0                    | 2                    | 25      |
| 19      | Tmnil Nadu                                  | 9                    | 5                    | 4                    | 18      |
| 20      | Telangana                                   | 23                   | 3                    | 4                    | 30      |
| 21      | Uttar Pradesh                               | 46                   | 105                  | 36                   | 187     |
| 22      | Uttarakhand                                 | 7                    | 10                   |                      | 18      |
| 23      | WestBengal                                  | 16                   |                      |                      | 18      |
| Total   | Total                                       | 1 474                | 1 590                | 1 148                | 1212    |

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