IANS | 25 Oct, 2022
The government has extended the deadline for the scheme which provides
financial aid to molasses-based distilleries for enhancing ethanol
production, by six months till April 21, 2023.
The
decision has been taken to improve production and supply of ethanol
under the Centre's Ethanol Blended with Petrol (EBP) programme.
The
Department of Food and Public Distribution had earlier asked all
distilleries to enhance ethanol production to make the programme
successful.
Through the EBP, government aims to reduce pollution and increase value addition in the domestic sugar industry.
It has scaled up blending targets from 5 per cent to 10 per cent under it.
