Offering Biofuel Vehicles Will Be Mandatory for Auto Makers within 6 Months: Nitin Gadkari

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September 1, 2021

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(The Print) Consumers will have a choice between petrol & bioethanol. The switch to alternative is due to the surplus production of crops in India, from which bioethanol is made, Gadkari said. — Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said India will make it mandatory for auto manufacturers to offer vehicles running 100 per cent on biofuels in the next six months.

Such a move will be cost-effective for consumers, who are hassled by the high petrol prices, the minister said, pointing out that a litre of bioethanol costs Rs 65 as against Rs 110 paid for petrol. The alternative fuel is also less polluting and saves forex.

“We are committed to delivering vehicles with flex engine norms. We have taken a decision, we will make it mandatory by which there will be a flex-engine,” Gadkari said at an event hosted by domestic brokerage Elara Capital.

“Within six months, we will give orders for making flex engines (mandatory),” he said, adding that state-run oil marketing companies have already been ordered to offer bio-fuels at the same facilities like the one selling petrol and diesel.

The minister said consumers will have a choice between petrol and bioethanol and a switch to the alternative is also essential for the country because of the surplus production of crops like rice, maize, corn and sugar, from which bioethanol is made.

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Efforts are also underway on using hydrogen as a fuel, and to tap the gas from seawater and sewage water, Gadkari said, without sharing specifics. READ MORE

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