date:Dec 17, 2012
In a written response to a query in the Rajya Sabha recently, K V Thomas, minister of state (independent charge) for consumer affairs, food and public distribution, said the ethanol output is likely to decline by 16 per cent this year.
However, Abinash Verma, director general, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), said the decline in ethanol output is not a matter of worry.
India's ethanol production is likely to decline by 16 per cent to 2,590 million litres in the current sugar season on a