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Three States to divert more sugar for ethanol
Why is it in news?
- Major sugar-producing States- Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka are expected to see mills diverting a higher quantity of the commodity for ethanol production.
Details:
- In India, ethanol is primarily produced using sugarcane molasses.
- It has proved to be good substitutes for petroleum in the transportation sector.
- In order to promote bio-fuels in India, a National Policy on Bio-fuels was formulated by the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in 2009.
- India to achieve 10 per cent of blending target by 2022 for the entire country excluding J&K, North Eastern States and island territories.
- The National Policy on Bio-fuels had set a target of 20% blending of bio-fuel by 2030.