India’s 2026-27 ethanol procurement received 1,934.5 crore litres of offers against 1,100 crore litres tendered, led by maize. With sugar-based ethanol excluded...
Indian sugar mills face mounting margin pressures from rising cane costs, controlled sugar prices and restrictions on sugar-based ethanol production. Industry representatives...
Karnataka’s meeting with sugar mill representatives addressed alleged irregularities in cane weighing, demands for higher sugar MSP and increased ethanol procurement. Millers...
AIDA has urged the government to raise maize-based ethanol procurement prices to ₹75 per litre from ₹68.86, citing rising maize costs and...
Oil marketing companies could incur an additional ₹813 crore for every 100 crore litres of maize-based ethanol replacing cheaper B-heavy molasses ethanol...
Farmers blocked highways across Karnataka, disrupting traffic between Maharashtra and Karnataka, demanding ₹5,500 per tonne for sugarcane, a ₹60 sugar price and...
Public sector OMCs spent a record ₹74,004 crore on ethanol procurement in ESY 2024-25, with maize becoming the largest feedstock. Ethanol receipts...
State-run OMCs spent nearly ₹1.72 lakh crore on ethanol procurement across ESY 2023-24 to 2025-26, buying over 2,417 crore litres. During ESY...
Maharashtra’s sugar industry defended India’s E20 programme, saying ethanol has strengthened mill finances, farmer payments and rural livelihoods. The state invested ₹35,000...