India, Feb. 15 -- The year 2070 may appear a long way, when India has pledged to go net-zero on emissions, but the country is going at full throttle along the course. Ethanol has come up as a sustainable solution to lower the economy's dependence on fossil fuels and cut down the cost of petrol imports.

Under the National Policy of Biofuels 2018, India had set a target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol and 5% biodiesel blending in diesel by 2030. The ethanol blending target was later advanced to 2025. Two months into 2025, India has achieved up to 19% ethanol blending target, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the third edition of India Energy Week in Delhi. "India will achieve its 20% target by October."

India's biofuels industry, too...