India, Nov. 8 -- India has made significant progress in its Biofuel Mission over the last 10 years. The commitment to biofuel production, promotion and its usage as part of a global alliance was reinstated in India's launch of the Global Biofuel Alliance at the G20 Summit of 2023. On the Bioethanol front, the country has achieved the target of 20 per cent blending much before the target date. The country has also realised and launched revised biofuel policies focusing on first - second generation biofuels and has also given clear policy directions on the need for multiple biofuel feedstock promotion to reach the Biofuel Target of the country to align with the net zero vision of India.

However, in this entire discourse of biofuel promotio...