The Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme has resulted in expeditious payment to farmers to a tune of over Rs. 1,36,300 crores from Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2014-15 up to October 2025, besides savings of more than Rs. 1,55,000 crore of foreign exchange, net CO2 reduction of approximately 790 lakh metric tonne and substitution of more than 260 lakh metric tonnes of crude oil, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi informed Lok Sabha.
India’s strong commitment to clean energy is being propelled by EBP Programme, Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN scheme, Compressed Bio Gas (CBG) ecosystem, National Hydrogen Mission, etc. As a green fuel, ethanol supports the environmental sustainability efforts of the Government. Government have been promoting blending of ethanol in petrol under the EBP Programme to reduce import dependence on crude oil while saving foreign exchange and promote domestic agriculture sector. National Policy on Biofuels – 2018, as amended in 2022, inter-alia, advanced the target of 20% blending of ethanol in petrol to ESY 2025-26 from 2030. India has already achieved blending of more than 19% during the ESY 2024-25.
The Government has been promoting blending of ethanol in petrol under the Ethanol EBP Programme wherein Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) sell ethanol blended with petrol. Under EBP Programme, ethanol blending in petrol has increased from 38 crore litres in Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2013-14 to more than 1000 crore litres in ESY 2024-25, thereby achieving an average blending of 19.24% ethanol in petrol during ESY 2024-25. During the month of October, 2025, ethanol blending of 19.97% has been achieved.
Government is also implementing the National Green Hydrogen Mission with an objective to make India a global hub of production, usage and export of green hydrogen and its derivatives. Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition is a key component of the mission which provides financial incentives for production of green hydrogen and electrolyser manufacturing.
The share of renewable energy generation in the country’s total electricity generation has increased from 17.20% during 2014-15 to 22.06% during 2024-25. Further, during the current financial year 2025-26 (upto October, 2025), the share of renewable energy generation in the country’s total electricity generation is 28.26%.
During the last five years (2020-21 to 2024-25), a total of 86.00 GW Renewable Energy Capacity has been installed in the country which includes 70.04 GW Solar Power, 12.29 GW Wind Power, 1.36 GW Bio-Power and 2.31 GW Hydro Power capacity. As on 31st October, 2025, the total non-fossil fuel energy and renewable energy installed capacity in the country is 259.42 GW and 250.64 GW which is 51.37% and 49.63% respectively of the total installed electricity capacity of 505.02 GW.
