E20 petrol
- India
FIR against YouTuber Manish Kashyap for E20 petrol reportage
Nashik: A first information report (FIR) was filed on Tuesday, July 14, against popular YouTuber Manish Kashyap and three others for their coverage regarding ethanol-blended petrol (E20). The FIR says Kashyap and…
- Delhi
Kejriwal visits service station to hear consumers’ E20 concerns
New Delhi: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday, July 11, visited a petrol pump and service station in Delhi to interact with vehicle owners over their experience with E20-blended petrol, claiming…
- India
Gadkari challenges critics to show any car damaged by E20 fuel
Hyderabad: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has challenged critics to produce evidence of any vehicle damaged by E20 fuel, dismissing concerns over the higher ethanol blend as part of a…
- India
Centre waives excise duty on petrol with up to 30 pc ethanol
New Delhi: The Union government has exempted petrol blended with higher levels of ethanol from excise duty, including fuel variants containing 22 per cent, 25 per cent, 27 per cent and 30…
- India
Fact check: Does producing 1 litre of ethanol take 10,000 litres of water?
Hyderabad: A number has been doing the rounds – 10,790 litres, the amount of water needed to produce just one litre of ethanol from rice. The figure has since led to a sharp…
- India
Nationwide shift to 20 pc ethanol blended fuel comes into effect
New Delhi: The government’s mandate of E20 petrol, now becoming standard, has come into effect from April 1, which requires petrol pumps across India to sell fuel blended with up to 20…
