According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India, the third-largest oil-consuming and importing country in the world, has already surpassed its goal of blending 10% Ethanol extracted from sugarcane into petrol.

On the 76th Independence Day, when addressing the country from the Red Fort’s ramparts, he insisted on energy independence and a country that could fulfil its own energy demands.

PM Modi also added that everyone should be Aatmanirbhar (self-sufficient) in our energy sector. The key is alternative energy sources, from renewable power to hydrogen and shifting to electric cars from existing petrol and diesel-run vehicles, for a country that is 85 per cent reliant on imports to satisfy its oil needs and 50 per cent dependent on imports to fulfil its gas requirements.

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We need to advance these programmes for energy independence, from solar energy to Mission Hydrogen to adoption of EVs, he stated.

The government is pushing for the addition of ethanol, produced from sugarcane and other agricultural products, into petrol in an effort to reduce dependency on imported oil.

According to PM Modi, India met its goal of mixing 10% ethanol into petrol earlier than expected.

The goal of delivering petrol blended with 10% ethanol (10% ethanol, 90% gasoline) was accomplished in June, much ahead of the original target date of November 2022. Motivated by the achievement, the government pushed back its goal of 2025 for the introduction of 20% ethanol in petrol.

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