Roadmap for Ethanol Sector Revealed, Learn the Highlights of PM's Speech on Environment Day

- E-100 pilot projects related to production and distribution of ethanol were also launched in Pune from Saturday.

New delhi date. Saturday, June 5, 2021

World Environment Day is being celebrated all over the world today on the occasion of 5th June. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a virtual event on the occasion. Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and Union Petroleum Transport Minister Dharmendra Pradhan were also present on the occasion.

During the event, the Prime Minister said that on the occasion of World Environment Day, India has unveiled a comprehensive roadmap for the development of the ethanol sector, which is an important step. E-100 pilot projects related to production and distribution of ethanol have also been launched in Pune from Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, Union Petroleum Transport Minister Dharmendra Pradhan address a virtual meeting in view of World Environment Day. pic.twitter.com/aZglWwBaKX

- ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2021

The Prime Minister said that last year alone, oil marketing companies bought ethanol worth Rs 21,000 crore. A large part of it has gone into the pockets of our farmers. Sugarcane farmers in particular have benefited greatly from this. When I spoke to our farmer friends, their confidence was evident in how they are instinctively adapting to bio-fuse systems. It is only natural that the agricultural sector should benefit from the massive clean energy drive in the country.