New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- 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, Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin 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 now the requirement of the country that we need to export ethanol," he said while addressing the 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Bioenergy and Technologies held in New Delhi.

India's ethanol production capacity reached an annual production of approximately 1,822 crore liters by June 30, 2025, with the ...