A day after the Union government directed sugar mills to not manufacture ethanol from sugarcane juice and sugar syrup, top government officials said there will be no dilution in the plan to achieve 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by the ethanol supply year (ESY) 2025-26.
Apart from regularly reviewing this decision, the government will also push ethanol production from other feedstocks, particularly maize. Plans to boost maize production as well as its supply to ethanol manufacturers are already afoot, the officials said.
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