15 CID teams raided eight distilleries in Andhra Pradesh, resulting in the seizure of documents related to the production and supply of liquor. The raids were conducted based on complaints received over the past few years, alleging irregularities at several liquor manufacturing units, supply of substandard liquor, and sale of liquor through syndicates.
India is on its way to achieve its target of blending 20% of petrol with ethanol by 2025-26, going by the milestones on blending percentages crossed so far and the increase in ethanol production capacity. Status of ethanol production capacity Twenty per cent by 2025-26 would mean producing some 1,000 crore litres of ethanol for blending with petrol. The roadmap …
All liquor production points in Telangana have been brought under CCTV surveillance for the first time aiming to check on the illegal flow of alcohol in the run-up to the May 13 Lok Sabha elections. Chief Electoral Office Vikas Raj said to prevent unwarranted liquor distribution during the elections, the state Excise Department is monitoring the sale of alcohol and …
Sugarcane alone is not sufficient to achieve the 20% blending target, said Union Food and Public Distribution Secretary Sanjeev Chopra on Tuesday. “However, only sugarcane route is not sufficient to achieve the 20% blending target, therefore, ethanol from food-grains such as maize, damaged food grains and rice available with Food Corp of India has also been allowed,” Chopra said while …
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To boost ethanol production in the country, the government is considering extending subsidised loans to grain-based distilleries also under the ongoing scheme, according to government sources. The sources also mentioned that the grains-based distilleries association says that they have at present 75 crore litres capacity for ethanol making. When the scheme was launched in 2018, the sources said the government …