Ethanol-petrol-blending deadline advanced to 2025

PM Modi on Saturday raised his bet on ethanol in India’s fight against climate change by advancing the date for 20% blending of petrol by five years to 2025 and launching a pilot project at three Pune petrol pumps for running vehicles fully on the ‘swadeshi’ fuel. “The country is fast moving towards clean energy and we will see a great benefit from this (rapid ethanol blending), especially in the agriculture sector,” PM Modi said.