Ethanol-blending success needs to be sweetened
There was a time when India had the infamous sugar cycle, i.e., exporting cheap sugar during surplus production and importing costly sugar during the deficit season. This would place a burden on the exchequer, along with huge cane arrears. But with an innovative ethanol blending policy, this cycle has become a thing of the past. The cycle has smoothened out, with deft management of ethanol blending.
There was a time when India had the infamous sugar cycle, i.e., exporting cheap sugar during surplus production and importing costly sugar during the deficit season. This would place a burden on the exchequer, along with huge cane arrears. But with an innovative ethanol blending policy, this cycle has become a thing of the past. The cycle has smoothened out, with deft management of ethanol blending.
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