The Union Minister said India should now prepare to export ethanol after achieving 20 per cent blending in petrol. With a production capacity of 1,822 crore litres, India has surplus ethanol, boosting farmer incomes and cutting imports

Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari , while highlighting India’s potential to produce ethanol, asserted that the country should now gear up to export ethanol, news agency ANI reported. After meeting the target of 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol, the time has arrived when India should gear up for exporting ethanol given its surplus production in the country, Gadkari said on Wednesday.

"It is the time for India's futuristic development. We need to reduce our imports and increase our exports. As far as the surplus of ethanol, it is

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