New Delhi, July 21 -- The National Policy on Biofuels-2018, as amended in 2022, advanced the target of achieving 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol from 2030 to the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025-26 for the country as a whole, including Gujarat and Maharashtra. State-wise ethanol blending targets are not set, Suresh Gopi, minister of state in the Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, told the Rajya Sabha on July 21, 2025.

He added that the Ethanol Blending Programme has shown steady progress in both the states, with Gujarat recording targets of 10.47 per cent in ESY 2021-22, 12.11 per cent in ESY 2022-23, 14.33 per cent in ESY 2023-24 and 18.95 per cent during ESY 2024-25, as on June 30, 2025.

Similarly, Maharashtra achieved 10...