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Mr Jairam Ramesh

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New Delhi, Nov. 23 Biofuels can have only a limited role in India due to food security issues and limitations in land available for cultivation, the Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, said here on Monday.

“Biofuel does not have a relevant role in the Indian context in view of land limitation and food security,” Mr Ramesh said at the inaugural session of the two-day Environment Friendly Vehicles’ conference here.

Mr Ramesh said India could not follow Brazil, which is a world leader in the use of ethanol as transportation fuel.

“Though it (bio-fuel) may play a small role, but a big role has to be from the hybrids, auto-electric and of course the CNG type vehicles,” he added.

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