Prime
Minister, Narendra Modi will participate in the World Environment
Day event on 5th June 2021 at 1100 hrs. via video conferencing. The event is
being jointly organized by the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. The theme
for this year’s event is ‘promotion of biofuels for better environment’.
During the event, Prime Minister will release the “Report of the Expert
Committee on Road Map for ethanol blending in India 2020-2025”. To
commemorate World Environment Day, Government of India is releasing E-20
Notification directing Oil Companies to sell ethanol blended petrol
with percentage of ethanol up to 20% from 1st April 2023; and BIS
Specifications for higher ethanol blends E12 & E15. These efforts
will facilitate setting up of additional ethanol distillation capacities
and will provide timelines for making blended fuel available across the
country. This will also help increase consumption of ethanol in the
ethanol producing states and the adjoining regions, before the year 2025.
Prime Minister will launch a Pilot Project of E 100 dispensing stations
at three locations in Pune. Prime Minister will also interact with
farmers to gain insight on their firsthand experience, as enablers under
the Ethanol Blended Petrol and Compressed BioGas Programmes.