Concerns over ethanol-blended E20 petrol damaging vehicle mileage and engines have driven consumers to premium, high-octane petrol, pushing its share of sales to 12-15% from about 4% in March, dealers and executives…
AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh have separately attacked the central government over its E20 ethanol-blended petrol policy, linking it to rising food and fuel costs. Kejriwal alleged on…
Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran has said the government should make E10 petrol available alongside E20 at the pumps to calm public concern about damage to older vehicles. Writing in The…
Chief economic advisor V Anantha Nageswaran has recommended that India reintroduce a lower ethanol blend petrol, such as E10, alongside the current E20 fuel to protect millions of older vehicles, particularly two-wheelers…
Leading Indian automakers Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra privately communicated serious worries about contamination in E20 petrol weeks before their industry lobby publicly withdrew a warning to the government.…
The Centre and Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have asked consumers to use E20 petrol with confidence, saying nationwide intensive testing found no contamination. The move follows media reports about moisture and chloride…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched nationwide town halls against E20 blended petrol on August 4, 2026. Party chief Arvind Kejriwal led a march of about 100 people towards Prime Minister Narendra…
Oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday said extensive nationwide testing found no evidence of widespread moisture or chloride contamination in E20 petrol. More than 100 refinery samples showed chloride levels at or…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will begin nationwide town halls against E20 fuel on August 8, starting in West Bengal. AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh announced the campaign, with events planned…
Fuel dealers across India have asked oil marketing companies (OMCs) and the petroleum ministry to bear the cost of E20 quality checks. The OMC-prescribed water-mixing test alters the sample, making it unfit…
