Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has published an ‘Ethanol Procurement Policy on a long term basis under Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme’ on 11th October 2019 which broadly covers the modalities for long term procurement of ethanol, proposed mechanism for long term procurement contracts, pricing methodology, etc.
Currently the major sources of ethanol procurement are sugarcane juice, sugar, sugar syrup, B-heavy molasses, C-heavy molasses, Damaged food grains unfit for human consumption, surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and maize.
The total quantity of ethanol procured during the last 5 years by the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) are as under:
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Ethanol Supply Year (ESY)*
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2015-16
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2018-19
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2019-20
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Quantity procured
(in crore litres)
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111.4
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66.5
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150.5
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188.6
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173.0
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*ESY is from 1st December of a year to 30th November of the next year
This information was given by the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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