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Sale of petrol with 5% ethanol made mandatory

NEW DELHI: The Union Cabinet has directed the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry to make it mandatory for all oil marketing companies to sell petrol mixed with 5 per cent of ethanol.

In November 2006, the Centre mandated that five per cent ethanol be blended in petrol to be sold all through India except the northeast and J&K, and that the amount of ethanol in petrol be optionally increased to 10 per cent from October 2007 and made compulsory from October 2008. But Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited could not even ensure the blend, citing ethanol shortage.

“The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs reiterated on Thursday an earlier decision that there shall be a mandatory blending of five per cent of ethanol. It has instructed the Petroleum Ministry to ensure that all oil marketing companies implement the decision,” Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram told journalists here.

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