Blending Target
Oil cos' ethanol blending 18.4% Nov-Mar, no decision so far on exceeding 20%
This story was originally published at 13:10 IST on 21 April 2025
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NEW DELHI – State-owned oil companies procured 3.69 billion litres of ethanol in the four months starting November, according to the Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell. During Nov-Mar, oil companies achieved 18.4% blending. In March, oil companies procured 907 million litres of ethanol and achieved 19.8% blending with petrol, the data showed.
To reduce dependence on crude oil, the government has set a target of achieving 18% blending in 2024-25 (Nov-Oct) and 20% in 2025-26. To achieve the 20% blending target, India needs about 10.16 billion litres of ethanol.
While several media outlets reported that India was aiming to achieve a 30% blending target by 2030, Press Information Bureau Fact Check dismissed these as "fake". "The government has taken no such decision," the fact-check unit said on social media platform X on Friday. On Apr. 14, Business Standard reported, citing sources, that the government had come out with a fresh target of 30% for ethanol blending in petrol by 2030.
Though the government has not decided to increase ethanol blending with petrol beyond 20% so far, it is aiming for higher blending. "Yes, that is broadly the direction we are heading in, but we still have a lot of homework to do," Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said, responding to reports on higher blending.
Higher blending faces the challenge of vehicle compatibility in India. "Using 20% ethanol-blended petrol (E20) results in a marginal reduction in fuel efficiency for four-wheelers designed for E10 and calibrated for E20," according to an interministerial committee's report on biofuels. End
Reported by Afra Abubacker
Edited by Avishek Dutta
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