Bihar government receives 20 proposals
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, the Industries Minister of Bihar said on Monday that 20 proposals have been received for setting up a unit of ethanol in the state. After discussing the budgetary demand of Rs 1285.17 crore of the Department of Industries for the financial year 2021-22 presented in the Bihar Legislative Council, Husain said on Monday that the state said that ethanol in the state 20 proposals have been received for setting up a unit of. He said that if these proposals are accepted, the production of ethanol here will reach about 50 crores liters
production takes place in many countries countries)
Hussain said that Bihar will become the hub of ethanol and if 1000 crore liters of ethanol is produced in the state, then the same petrol will be saved. According to him, Bihar will help in the amount of dollars it takes to buy oil. He said, the production of ethanol in America is 876 thousand barrels per day. After that, Brazil is where 403 thousand barrels are produced per day. Then there is China, Canada, France, Germany, Colombia, Spain and there is also a small country like Belgium and after Australia, India is at number 13 which produces 5.30 thousand barrels per day.
40 percent ethanol is allowed to be added in Brazil (40 percent ethanol is allowed to be added in Brazil)
Hussain said, at the present time that ethanol is being mixed in petrol and diesel all over the world. In Brazil, it is currently 40 per cent. He said that what the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had thought about promoting ethanol production from sugarcane in 2006-07, the situation would have been different if the then Central Government had approved that proposal.