Indore-based agri scientist produces high biomass sorghum to blend with petrol

Agriculture scientist of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (College of Agriculture Indore) has put the country on path to become a leading producer of Ethanol by developing a high biomass sorghum variety. This comes a few days after Union road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari had said “If an average of 60% ethanol and

20 percent ethanol blending in petrol by 2025

India has achieved over 12% ethanol blending and consumes about 50-60 million metric tonnes of petrol a year. Petrol-fuelled vehicles running on Indian roads will be less polluting in near future as petrol sold in the country will have about 20% ethanol mix within two years, as India is trying to increase ethanol production. India