Did you know that India's FCI godowns hold 60 to 80 million tonnes of grain every year, while our actual requirement is only about 40 million tonnes?
This leaves an excess of 20 to 30 million tonnes of grain sitting in warehouses for years, which often rots, gets damaged by pests, and costs the country immense resources to maintain. Ethanol is the solution to this waste.
1G ethanol is cleverly produced using this surplus grain, broken rice, maize, and sugarcane.
India spends тВ╣12 to тВ╣14 lakh crore annually on crude oil imports. Increasing our ethanol blending by just 1% saves тВ╣6,000 to тВ╣8,000 crore in foreign exchange.
Ethanol isn't wasting resources, it is turning surplus waste into wealth and making India self-reliant.