Success will depend on ensuring long-term vision in policy, incentivising flex-fuel adoption, modernising ethanol infrastructure, and investing in innovations that serve both rural and urban India.
India stands on the cusp of a transformational moment in its energy and agricultural future. As it rapidly scales up ethanol production and blending, commentators and policymakers are asking a fundamental question: Can India become the Brazil of Ethanol in the global grain game? The answer can be an emphatic yes, but India needs to learn from Brazil’s successes, especially its policy initiatives and other support systems. For India, it presents a blueprint only up to 20% blending by 2025, but it needs to be drafted quickly with a futuristic approach for Indian conditions in terms of optimising the already built-up capacity, surplus feedstocks, and building a policy framework for a sustainable biofuels revolution.
Source : https://www.fortuneindia.com/opinion/the-global-grain-game-could-india-become-the-brazil-of-ethanol/128259