New Delhi: With a view to scale back dependence on the large import of petroleum merchandise, the Centre has determined to launch flex engines in India.
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, stated on Saturday that the nation spends Rs 15 lakh crore per yr for import of petroleum merchandise, therefore there’s a have to diversify the agriculture sector in the direction of power and energy sectors.
Addressing the felicitation programme of National Cogeneration Awards 2022 in Mumbai, Gadkari exhorted the business of the essential have to concentrate on various fuels with the assistance of futuristic applied sciences.
“While 65-70 per cent of our population depends on agriculture, our agricultural growth rate is 12-13 per cent only. The sugarcane industry and farmers are a growth engine for our industry. The next move should be cogeneration to increase revenue from sugar.
“The business ought to produce much less sugar and generate extra byproducts, embracing the imaginative and prescient for futuristic applied sciences and utilizing the facility of management to transform information into wealth. This will allow the farmers to change into not solely meals growers, however power producers as effectively,” Gadkari said.
The minister said that while our requirement was 280 lakh tonnes of sugar this year, the production was more than 360 lakh tonnes.
“This might be utilised because of the state of affairs in Brazil. However, we have to divert manufacturing in the direction of ethanol as ethanol requirement could be very excessive. Last yr’s capability was 400 crore litres of ethanol; we’ve got taken numerous initiatives to extend ethanol manufacturing. Now is the time for the business to plan demand for ethanol utilizing applied sciences corresponding to energy mills run by bioethanol,” Gadkari said.
The minister also told the industry that the government has decided to launch flex engines in India.
“Bajaj, Hero and TVS are already making flex engines, many automotive producers too have promised to launch their fashions on flex engines,” he said.
“Even auto-rickshaws might be run on bioethanol; within the building gear business too, various fuels can be utilized. Similarly, Germany has confirmed expertise to run trains on bio-ethanol,” Gadkari stated.
Source: auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com