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Food Ministry Seeks Delay in Ethanol Blending Plan

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Submitted by shompa on Tue, 2011-05-24 15:21

Fears large-scale diversion of grain for manufacture of ethanol by the alcohol industry

The food ministry is set to oppose the mandatory 5% ethanol blending programme, fearing diversion of foodgrain for manufacture of ethanol.
The ministry has called for the report of the expert panel headed by Planning Commission member Saumitra Chaudhuri in order to "review" the programme.

The petroleum m

thesaurus: 
Ethanol
Renewable Energy
Food Security
Food Crops
Ministry Of Food & Civil Supplies
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Sugar Industry
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Main Topic: 
Energy
Name of the Newspaper: 
Economic Times (New Delhi)
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DNB
External URL: 
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=ETNEW&BaseHref=ETD/2011/05/24&PageLabel=15&EntityId=Ar01500&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T
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Publication Date: 
24/05/2011