Policy on methanol in petrol soon

The coal by-product costs only ₹22 per litre and ‘reduces’ pollution.

December 09, 2017 10:23 pm | Updated 10:23 pm IST - Mumbai

Government would soon announce a policy for 15% blending of methanol in petrol. File

Government would soon announce a policy for 15% blending of methanol in petrol. File

Union Roads Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday that the government would soon announce a policy for 15% blending of methanol in petrol to make it cheaper and to reduce pollution.

“In the coming session of Parliament, I am announcing a policy of blending 15% methanol in petrol,” he said at an event here. Methanol was made from coal and cost only ₹22 a litre as against the prevailing price of ₹80 a litre for petrol. China was making the coal byproduct for ₹17 a litre. “The costs will go down, pollution will go down,” he said.

Factories in and around Mumbai, including Deepak Fertilisers and Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers, can generate methanol.

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