The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha informed that Government has fixed higher ethanol price derived from different sugarcane based raw materials under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme for Ethanol Supply Year (ESY 2021-22 – period from 1st December, 2021 to 30th November, 2022) as compared to preceding ESY 2020-21.

The ex-mill price of ethanol fixed by the Government are from C heavy molasses route Rs.46.66 per litre, from B heavy molasses route Rs59.08 per litre and from sugarcane juice / sugar / sugar syrup route Rs63.45 per litre.

Additionally, GST and transportation is to be paid to the suppliers. 

Government has accorded authority to Oil Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in the country to decide the pricing for Second Generation (2G) ethanol. Oil PSEs are setting up 2G ethanol bio refineries in the country at Panipat in Haryana, Bathinda in Punjab, Bargarh in Odisha, Numaligarh in Assam and Devangere in Karnataka.