ISMA warns that unchanged ethanol procurement prices despite higher sugarcane FRP have created a ₹5/litre cost-price gap, making production unviable. Reduced ethanol...
India’s sugar industry seeks GST cuts on flex-fuel and ethanol-blended vehicles in the Union Budget to boost clean mobility and ethanol demand....
India’s sugar and bio-energy sector seeks clarity beyond 20% ethanol blending. Despite ₹40,000 crore invested and 900-crore-litre capacity, plants are underutilized. ISMA...
India’s 2025–26 sugar output rose 28% year-on-year to 78.25 lakh tonnes by mid-December, driven by better cane yields and recovery in key...
The sugar industry has urged the government to reserve more ethanol procurement for sugarcane-based feedstock, noting only 289 crore litres allocated for...
India’s 2025-26 sugar production is projected to rise 16% to 343.5 lakh tons due to better cane yields and strong monsoon support....
Sugar production in 2025-26 is projected to rise to 343.5 lakh tonnes due to better crop conditions, especially in Maharashtra and Karnataka....
India’s sugar output for 2025–26 is estimated at 343.5 lakh tonnes before ethanol diversion, with 34 lakh tonnes likely diverted, leaving net...
Oil Marketing Companies have allocated around 289 crore litres of ethanol to the sugar sector for ESY 2025–26, just 61% of the...