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Aim for 100% ethanol blending: Gadkari
Financial Express Kolkata
|April 22, 2026
NEED TO BECOME SELF-RELIANT IN ENERGY SECTOR
ROAD TRANSPORT AND Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Tuesday that India should aspire to achieve 100% ethanol blending in the near future, as vulnerabilities in oil exports amid the West Asia crisis have made it necessary for the country to become self-reliant in the energy sector.
Gadkari further said the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency III standards, which will be implemented from April 1 next year, will have little impact on electric and flex-fuel vehicles.
This story is from the April 22, 2026 edition of Financial Express Kolkata.
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