New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Monday reiterated that India's ethanol adoption programme is 'unstoppable', highlighting key milestones in blending ethanol with petrol. He made the remarks during a Fireside Chat at the Pioneer Biofuels 360 Summit.

The Minister noted that ethanol blending gained significant momentum after 2014, when the rate stood at 1.53 percent.

India reached 10 percent blending in 2022-five months ahead of schedule-and has achieved the 20 percent target (E20) in the current Ethanol Supply Year, five years before the revised 2025 deadline.

He attributed the progress to policy measures such as assured pricing, diversification of feedstocks, and expanded distillat...