Lok Sabha Question No. 527 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-28
Subject: Ethanol Blending with Petrol
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Smt. Bijuli Kalita Medhi, Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi, Shri Mukeshkumar Chandrakaant Dalal, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Janardan Mishra, Shri Manish Jaiswal, Shri Khagen Murmu, Shri Anup Sanjay Dhotre, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 527

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  November, 2024

## ETHANOL BLENDING WITH PETROL

## 527. SHRI ANUP SANJAY DHOTRE:

SMT. BIJULI KALITA MEDHI:

SHRI MUKESHKUMAR CHANDRAKAANT DALAL:

SHRI DINESHBHAI MAKWANA:

SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

SHRI MANISH JAISWAL:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

SHRI PARSHOTTAMBHAI RUPALA:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

## पेᮝोिलयम और ᮧाकृितक गैस मंᮢी

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

- (a)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  ethanol blending with petrol;
- (b)  whether ethanol blending contributes towards reducing dependence on imported oil and address environmental concerns and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the total surge in ethanol-blended petrol supply during the last ten years and the current year; and
- (d)  the  details  and  salient  features  of  ethanol  production  machine  commissioning technology developed in India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

पेᮝोिलयम और ᮧाकृितक गैस मंᮢालय मᱶ रा᭔य मंᮢी (᮰ी सुरेश गोपी)

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  Government,  since  2014,  has  taken  several  measures  to  meet  the ethanol  blending  targets  which  includes  expansion  of  feedstock  for  production  of ethanol, administered price mechanism for procurement of cane based ethanol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme, lowered GST rate to 5% on ethanol for EBP Programme, introduction  of various Ethanol Interest Subvention Schemes

(EISS), during 2018-22, for ethanol production from molasses as well as grains and Long  Term  Offtake  Agreements  (LTOAs)  by  Oil  Marketing  Companies  (OMCs) with  Dedicated  Ethanol  Plants  (DEPs)  etc.  Supply  of  ethanol  blended  petrol  for public  sector  OMCs  has  surged  from  2506  crore  litre  during  ethanol  supply  year 2013-14  to  estimated  4828  crore  litre  during  ethanol  supply  year  2023-24  with corresponding  increase  in  blending  percentage  from  1.53%  to  14.60%.  Ethanol blending in petrol by Public Sector OMCs has resulted in crude oil substitution of about 185 LMT (lakh metric tonne) and net CO2 reduction of about 557 lakh metric tonnes during the last ten years.

(d): In  India,  First  Generation  (1G)  Ethanol  production  technology  is  wellestablished,  with  two  primary  pathways:  Starch-to-Ethanol  and  Sugar-to-Ethanol. Primary equipment needed for 1G Ethanol production including miller, fermenter, distillation/dehydration  column,  boiler  etc.  is  manufactured  by  various  equipment manufacturing companies within the country.

For Second Generation (2G) Ethanol, produced from agricultural and forestry residues pathway, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) have developed their indigenous 2G Ethanol technology. Primary equipment for 2G Ethanol production including shredder, wet washer,  pre-treatment  unit,  enzymatic  hydrolysis  unit,  fermenter,  co-fermenter, distillation/dehydration column, boiler etc. is also manufactured by various equipment manufacturing companies within the country.

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