Lok Sabha Question No. 1978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-11
Subject: Progress on Sustainable Aviation Fuel
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Shri Tatkare Sunil Dattatrey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1978

( TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  11th December 2025 )

## PROGRESS ON SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL

## 1978.    SHRI TATKARE SUNIL DATTATREY Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government is considering to launch a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Policy and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the targets being set by the Government for the usage/blending of SAF;
- (c)  the  organisations  such  as  PSUs,  private  companies  and  research  institutions  currently involved in SAF research in the country;
- (d) the manner in which the proposed policy would help in speeding up commercialisation of technologies required for the production and adoption of SAF;
- (e) whether the Government is considering any Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models for the said production of SAF in view of the high investments required for SAF research and production and if so, the details thereof;
- (f)  the  ways  in  which  the  policy  proposes  to  address  feedstock  challenges  for  SAF production;and
- (g)  the  manner  in  which  SAF  would  help  India  align  with  the  Carbon  Offsetting  and Reduction  Scheme  for  International  Aviation  (CORSIA)  goals  of  the  International  Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)?

## ANSWER

Minister  of  State  in  the  Ministry  of  CIVIL  AVIATION            (Shri  Murlidhar Mohol)

(a) to (g): The Government has initiated steps for formulation of a Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) Policy/Guidelines.

The Government has approved indicative blending targets of 1% by 2027, 2% by 2028 and 5% by 2030 for SAF in traditional ATF, initially for international flights.Public sector Oil Marketing Companies are actively engaged in achieving the stated blending targets.

Various companies/PSUs namely Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Bharat Petroleum Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Limited, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, CSIR Indian

Institute of Petroleum, Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Indian Institute of Petroleum etc. are currently working on SAF production/research.

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)  has adopted Carbon Offsetting  & Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) as a global market-based measure to reduce emissions from international aviation which require offsetting of emissions above a baseline value.

Airlines can either use SAF or offset their emissions by purchasing carbon credits from ICAO approved Emissions Unit Programmes. SAF offers a direct pathway to emission reduction by lowering  the  lifecycle  carbon  footprint  of  aviation  fuel.  When  airlines  adopt  CORSIA Eligible SAF (CORSIA Eligible Fuel) certified against ICAO's sustainability standards and verified  through  Monitoring,  Reporting,  and  Verification  (MRV),  they  can  claim  these reductions  as  substitutes  for  carbon  credits,  thereby  decreasing  their  offsetting  obligations under the scheme.

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