India, Jan. 1 -- By Kaushal Verma

New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): The GST rationalisation on flex-fuel vehicles and higher ethanol blends should be addressed to in the upcoming Union Budget to support clean mobility and stabilise the ethanol ecosystem, said Deepak Ballani, Director General, Indian Sugar and Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) told ANI on Thursday.

"From the union budget, we are expecting a GST rationalisation specifically when I said that in order to enhance the consumption of ethanol, we need to look into new avenues," he told ANI in an exclusive interview.

Highlighting the tax disparity between clean technologies, he said, "For a clean technology, for example, EV, if the GST is 5%, why can't we extend the...