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Should the oil marketing companies (OMCs) go for a second round of tender, sugar mills may be able to offer some more quantity of ethanol for fuel blending, said a sugar industry official here on Thursday.
Though India’s ambitious plan for eco-friendly fuel for vehicles requires 313 crore litres of ethanol for 10 per cent blending, the bids so far firmed up are for only 113 crore litres. “Sugar mills and ethanol manufacturers submitted bids for 155 crore litres. But the accepted bids were for 113 crore litres, as some oil depots received more than 10 per cent permitted blending,” Abinash Verma, Director General of Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), told reporters. “The surplus quantity could be offered if there is a second tender from OMCs as it they did in February this year.”
But it would be difficult to say how much more ethanol would be made available by sugar mills and ethanol manufacturers as the fresh lot may have to be despatched to States other than those where these mills are located.
“The inter-State sale of ethanol is cumbersome as it involves payments of duties as well complicated paper work. But still, some are expected to participate in tender, if there is one,” Verma said.
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