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Cabinet clears modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity in country File Pic The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA has approved modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity in the country for producing 1st Generation, 1G ethanol from feed stocks such as cereals like rice, wheat, barley, corn and sorghum and sugarcane, sugar beet etc.
Briefing the media in New Delhi today after the Cabinet meeting, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, Cabinet approved an interest subvention of 4 thousand 5 hundred 73 crore rupees for new distilleries producing ethanol. He said, India will need about one thousand crore litre of ethanol by 2030 with a view to cut dependency on imports for meeting oil needs. He said India currently has a capacity of 684 crore litres.
India plans $60-bn investment in gas infrastructure: Dharmendra Pradhan
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Last Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 03:56 PM IST
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India s first automated national-level gas trading platform was launched in June this year to promote and sustain an efficient and robust gas market and foster gas trading in the country. Coverage of CGD projects are being expanded to 232 geographical areas spread over 400 districts, with potential to cover about 53 per cent of the country s geography and 70 per cent of population, Pradhan said.
New Delhi: Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the government has planned a USD 60-billion investment for creating gas infrastructure in the country till 2024, and gas share in the energy mix is expected to rise to 15 per cent by 2030. Currently, gas accounts for 6 per cent in the country s total energy mix.