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The government has allowed sugar mills to use 6.7 lakh tonnes of B-heavy molasses as feedstock for ethanol production in the current year. The move follows the industry's request to the food ministry to allow B-heavy molasses for ethanol production and improve the finances of sugar mills. The government reversed the ban and allowed cane juice and B-heavy molasses within the overall cap of 17 lakh tonnes of sugar for ethanol production for the 2023-24 supply year.

Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra has said that there are no plans to permit additional diversion of sugar for ethanol production during the current 2023-24 supply year. In December of the previous year, the government imposed a cap on sugar diversion at 17 lakh tonnes for the current supply year (November-October). Additionally, it authorized the utilization of both cane juice and B-heavy molasses within the overall cap for ethanol production.

Tupu Cane Juice finally has its own brick-and-mortar store with the opening of its location at Paseo de Marianas last Dec. 27.

Indian Sugar Mills' Association (ISMA) demanded that the government revise soon the prices of ethanol made from B-heavy and C-heavy mollases, a by-product of sugar, to improve the financial health of the millers.

The central government having directed sugar mills not to use cane juice or syrup to produce ethanol may hurt, to some extent, the blending with fuel but it is expected to increase the production of sugar, according to a Crisil report.