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To meet Niti Aayog's ethanol blending target of 20% by 2025, UP sugar mills seek financial assistance

MEERUT: There are 120 sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and the aggregate volume of ethanol production is 175 crore litres annually. On Monday, Oil Mill Companies (OMC) released the first list of the proposed allocation of 400 crore litres of ethanol for 2022-23 and UP’s contribution is 18% of the total allocation, which is the highest in the country, followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

In figures, UP will provide 71 crore litres of ethanol to OMCs as per the first list and the quantity will increase in the coming months.

As per Niti Aayog’s National Policy on biofuels, there is a target of a 20% blending percentage by 2025-26 and the requirement for ethanol will be 1,016 crore litres. At present, it is 10%.

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