Government reduces GST Rate on Ethanol to 5% from 18%

  • The Government has lowered Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate to 5% from 18% on ethanol meant for blending under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme.
  • The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, has written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that in order to promote ethanol blending, the Government has lowered Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate to 5% from 18% on ethanol meant for blending under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme.
  • The procurement price of ethanol produced from sugarcane based feed stocks like C & B heavy molasses, sugarcane juice, sugar, sugar syrup are fixed by the Government and from food grain based feed stocks by Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies on an annual basis.
  • The measures taken by the Government to reduce dependence on imported gasoline include a number of policy initiatives for increase in domestic crude oil production by generating quality geo-scientific data and its easy access, awarding new exploration acreage, expediting production from new development acreages and focus on production maximization from existing production acreages.
  • It has promoted usage of biofuel in the country by notification of the National Policy on Biofuels (NPB) – 2018 which allows use of multiple feed stocks for producing bio-ethanol for increased supply of ethanol for blending with petrol.
  • The encouraging initiatives on supply side of ethanol has prompted the Government to advance the target of 20% ethanol blending in petrol in the country from 2030 to 2025-26.
  • Government has also notified Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojna for promoting Second Generation (2G) ethanol production from cellulosic and lignocellulosic including petrochemical routein the country by providing financial support.

 
     
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