New Delhi, Aug 06: Commerce and Industry Ministry has refuted claims in media that India is importing and intends to import large quantities of ethanol from the United States for fuel blending, as baseless and factually incorrect.
In a statement, the Ministry said that ethanol used for fuel blending under the Ethanol Blended with Petrol Programme is sourced entirely from domestic producers as per the domestic policy framework. It stressed that there is no import of ethanol for fuel blending from the US.
The Ministry further stated that no concessions or commitments relating to the import of ethanol for fuel blending from the US have been made in the India-US Trade discussions. It said any suggestion of a policy change to permit large-scale imports of fuel ethanol from the US is misleading. India’s fuel blending programme and ethanol procurement continues to be governed solely by India’s domestic policy requirements.
