Presently, 10 per cent ethanol, extracted from sugarcane or surplus foodgrain, is blended or mixed in petrol (meaning 10 per cent of ethanol mixed with 90 per cent of petrol) with a view to cutting oil import dependence and provide farmers with an additional source of income.
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Workers working inside a factory during the first phase of unlock in Delhi. (Representative image)
NEW DELHI: India s gross domestic product (GDP) for the fourth quarter (Q4) ended March 31, 2021 stood at 1.6 per cent, government data released on Monday showed.
GDP had grown by 3 per cent in the January-March quarter in the previous year. Real GDP at constant (2011-12) prices in the year 2020-21 is now estimated to attain a level of Rs 135.13 lakh crore, as against the first revised estimate of GDP for the year 2019-20 of Rs 145.69 lakh crore, released on January 29, 2021, data released by ministry of statistics and programme implementation showed.