ISMA Achieves Ethanol Blending Target Ahead of Schedule
25-Jul-2025 05:57 PM
New Delhi. The apex body of the indigenous sugar industry - Indian Sugar and Bio Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has expressed happiness over achieving the target of 20 percent ethanol blending in petrol before schedule and thanked the government.
It is known that the target of 20 percent blending by the year 2030 was initially set, whereas it was achieved five years before that i.e. in 2025 itself. According to ISMA, the country is benefiting greatly from this success.
Due to reduction in import of petrol, foreign currency spent on it is being saved. Carbon dioxide emissions are decreasing and the economy of the rural area is getting strengthened. Apart from this, it is also becoming easier to pay the dues of sugarcane producers on time.
In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in the domestic production of ethanol, for which ISMA has considered the vision of the Prime Minister and the cooperative policies of the Central Government as the main factors.
Due to the quick and effective implementation of India's green energy strategy, ethanol production has increased rapidly. It says that India's journey towards self-reliance and green energy continues and achieving the target of ethanol blending is an important achievement in this direction.
In the year 2014, the target of only 1.5 percent blending was achieved, which reached 20 percent by the year 2025. In India, ethanol is being produced on a large scale from grains like maize and rice along with sugarcane products.
According to ISMA, in the year 2014, only 38 crore liters of ethanol was blended in petrol, which jumped to 661.10 crore liters in June 2025. As a result, there was a reduction of 698 lakh tonnes in carbon dioxide (C02) emissions.
Along with this, sugarcane farmers were paid Rs 1.18 lakh crore and distilleries also received a payment of Rs 1.96 lakh crore. Not only this, but foreign currency worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore was also saved. The sugar industry played an important role in ethanol production.