Lok Sabha Question No. 1885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-31
Subject: Targets of Ethanol Blending Programme
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dr. M P Abdussamad Samadani

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1885

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st July, 2025

## TARGETS OF ETHANOL BLENDING PROGRAMME

## 1885.  DR. M P ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI:

## पेĚोͧलयम और Ĥाक ृ Ǔतक गैस मंğी

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

- (a) the current percentage of ethanol blending in petrol across the country, State-wise;
- (b)  the original and revised targets set under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme;
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  availability  of  feedstock  for  sustained  ethanol production; and
- (d)  whether there are  any  challenges  in  achieving  uniform  blending  across  States  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a)  to  (d):  The  National  Policy  on  Biofuels  -  2018,  as  amended  in  2022, inter-alia advanced  the target  of  20%  blending  of  Ethanol  in  petrol  from  2030  to  Ethanol  Supply  Year  (ESY)  2025-26. During the ongoing ESY 2024-25, Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have achieved an  average  ethanol  blending  of  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 current percentage of ethanol blending in petrol, State/UT-wise, for ESY 2024-25 (as on 30.06.2025) are at Annexure .

In order to ensure availability of feedstock for ethanol production to achieve 20% Ethanol blending target  by  the  Ethanol  Supply  Year  (ESY)  2025-26,  the  Government  has  taken  several  steps which inter-alia includes (i) expansion of feedstock for Ethanol production as per the National Policy on  Biofuels,  as  amended  in    2022,  (ii)  development  of  Maize  Cluster  around  ethanol  plants  by Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DAFW) and a Project by ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize  Research  (IIMR)  titled  'Enhancement  of  maize  production  in  catchment  areas  of  ethanol industries'  to  increase  the  production  of  maize  in  catchment  area  of  grain  based  distilleries,  (iii) approval by Government for allocation of 52 Lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) of surplus Food Corporation of  India (FCI) rice for ethanol production, each for the ESY 2024-25 (from 1 st November 2024 to 31 st October 2025) and ESY 2025-26 up to 30.06.2026, and (iv) diversion of 40 LMT of sugar for ethanol production allowed for the ESY 2024-25.

Further,  to  support  ethanol  production  in  the  country,  Government  introduced  administered  price mechanism for  Ethanol  procurement  under  the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme, lowered

GST rate  to  5% for  Ethanol  for  EBP  Programme,  introduced  various  Ethanol  Interest  Subvention Schemes (EISS) during 2018-22 for Ethanol production from molasses as well as grains, a dedicated subvention scheme for Cooperative Sugar Mills to convert existing sugarcane-based distilleries into multi-feedstock plants for ethanol production has been notified by the Government on 06.03.2025, Long Term Offtake Agreements (LTOAs) between OMCs and Dedicated Ethanol Plants,  notified the 'Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan - Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh  Nivaran) Yojana' 2019, amended in 2024, to provide financial assistance for setting up Advanced Biofuels projects in the country using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstock, multimodal transportation of Ethanol to enhance availability of ethanol and increasing ethanol storage capacity along with other allied infrastructure for handling of higher blends of ethanol.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  OF  PART  (a)  to  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1885 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 31.07.2025 ON 'TARGETS OF  ETHANOL  BLENDING  PROGRAMME'  ASKED  BY  DR.  M  P  ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI.

Current  percentage  of  ethanol  blending  in  petrol,  State/UT-wise,  for  ESY  2024-25  (as  on 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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