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During the years 2013 and 2014, only 1.5% ethanol was being mixed in petrol. Now 20% ethanol blending is being done.
Amidst the protests over mixing ethanol in petrol, the government on Saturday said that the work of ethanol blending was not done overnight. It is a tried-and-tested, scientific and step-by-step process. Global practice of mixing it in petrol has been adopted and top agencies have also tested it.
Vartika Shukla, an expert from the government, said this in the press conference of industry experts held in Delhi on ethanol blending. Vartika Shukla told that during the years 2013 and 2014, only 1.5% ethanol was being mixed in petrol in the country.
Now under this program 20% ethanol blending (E20) is being done in petrol. The target of 20% ethanol blending has been achieved five years ahead of schedule i.e. by December 2025.
Why is there opposition to E20 petrol in India?
In India, there is opposition to this mixture of 20% ethanol and 80% petrol i.e. E20-petrol. Especially the owners of petrol vehicles manufactured before 2023 are worried.
They claim that due to this fuel the mileage of vehicles is decreasing, maintenance costs are increasing and engine parts are getting damaged quickly.
However, the Government of India says that ethanol does cause a slight reduction in mileage, but it improves the pickup and engine performance of the vehicle.
Top agencies have tested it
Expert Shukla said that especially in the year 2018, the Ethanol Blending Program (EBP) was put before all the stakeholders in a structured manner for discussion and deliberations. This entire program is based on scientific evidence.
The ethanol blending program has the full support of automotive manufacturers and key agencies supporting them. Top agencies like Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) and SIAM have tested it on a large scale.
According to Vartika Shukla, this program of mixing ethanol in petrol is completely in line with the global best practices adopted across the world. Through this, fossil fuel is being made ‘green’, so that carbon emissions in the environment can be reduced to a great extent.
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