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Pradhan Mantri Jl-VAN yojana

March 3 , 2019 1892 days 807 0
  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the "Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN (Jaiv Indhan- Vatavaran Anukool fasal awashesh Nivaran) Yojana".
  • The scheme aims for providing financial support to Integrated Bioethanol Projects using lignocellulosic biomass and another renewable feedstock.
  • The scheme focuses to incentivise 2G Ethanol sector.
  • Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has targeted to achieve 10% blending percentage of Ethanol in petrol by 2022.
  • Centre for High Technology (CHT), a technical body under the aegis of MoP&NG, will be the implementation Agency for the scheme.
  • Government of India launched Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme in 2003.
  • Cellulosic ethanol, also known as Second generation (2G) ethanol is not produced from starch or sugar but from cellulose fibers, which are found in abundance in plant cell walls.

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