Sugar producers in India happy with ethanol blending and rising demand

The government’s decision to implement the ethanol blending target of 20% to 2025-26 from 2030 has brought an added optimism to sugar producers in the country. Now, under the renewed target, 10% blending of fuel-grade ethanol with petrol should happen this year, increasing gradually each year thereafter and reaching 20% by 2025-26. India’s sugar industry