PM Modi s Push For Key Policy Where Farmers Contribute To India s Energy Needs World Environment Day: Ethanol extracted from sugarcane and damaged food grains such as wheat and broken rice and agri waste is less polluting and its use also provides farmers with an alternate source of income. In 2020, oil companies spent Rs 21,000 crore on ethanol procurement, PM Modi said.
Updated: June 05, 2021 2:28 pm IST
PM Modi was speaking at the launch of the ethanol road map on occasion of World Environment Day
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the target date for achieving 20 per cent ethanol-blending with petrol has been advanced by five years - from 2030 to 2025 - to cut pollution and reduce import dependence.