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India crosses 800 crore litres ethanol, grain-based share rises
India's cumulative ethanol supplies crossed 800 crore litres in Ethanol Supply Year 2025-26, the All India Distillers' Association reports. July saw 93 crore litres supplied, down from 103 crore litres in June.…
The Story in Brief
India's cumulative ethanol supplies crossed 800 crore litres in Ethanol Supply Year 2025-26, the All India Distillers' Association reports. July saw 93 crore litres supplied, down from 103 crore litres in June. Grain-based feedstocks, maize, surplus FCI grains and damaged food grains, accounted for 71 crore litres, or 76 per cent of July's total. Sugarcane-based supplies fell to 22 crore litres, a 24 per cent share.
The association says the next challenge is demand, not production. With supply capacity expanding, it wants a clearer framework for higher blending rates, flex-fuel vehicles and industrial ethanol applications to absorb the fuel.
The Indian Opinion
The ethanol industry is now pointing fingers at demand rather than supply, which is a neat inversion of last year's narrative of chronic shortages. Policymakers must ask: will flex-fuel vehicle mandates or ethanol-to-chemical pathways actually create pull, or will we end up with stranded capacity and surplus grain diverted from food buffers? The real test is whether the blending percentage, not just volume, keeps climbing in the months ahead.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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