Extracted Data Points

  • Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Hardeep Singh Puri launched India's first flex-fuel passenger vehicle by Maruti Suzuki
  • Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Sh. Nitin Gadkari was present during the event
  • Flex-fuel vehicles can operate on ethanol–petrol blends from E20 up to E100
  • India has nearly 37 lakh passenger vehicles representing middle-class aspirations
  • Before military hostilities began on February 28th, nearly 60% of India's LPG imports passed through the Strait of Hormuz
  • India has energy demand growth at three times the global average
  • India maintained uninterrupted availability of petroleum products across the country
  • India increased domestic LPG production from 32 TMT per day pre-crisis to nearly 52 TMT per day
  • India recorded one of the lowest increases in fuel prices globally
  • Central excise duties on petrol and diesel were reduced by ₹10 per litre
  • India's ethanol blending program has become one of the most successful energy transition initiatives
  • Ethanol blending increased from less than 1.5% in 2013-14 to 20% in 2025-26, achieving target 5 years ahead of schedule
  • Ethanol procurement rose from 38 crore litres in ESY 2013-14 to more than 1,040 crore litres currently
  • Ethanol production capacity expanded nearly five fold from 421 crore litres in 2014 to ~2000 crore litres in 2026
  • If 50% of new two and four wheelers sales shift to flex fuel compliant vehicles, it will create additional demand for 311.8 crore litres of ethanol
  • This shift would provide ₹12,403 crore additional income for farmers
  • This would lead to 66.4 lakh metric tonnes less CO₂ emissions
  • NITI Aayog officially classifies ethanol-based Flex-Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) as Zero-Emission Vehicles
  • E85 fuel produces near-zero particulate matter (PM) emissions
  • E85 has been identified as the mono-fuel standard for Flex-Fuel Vehicles under BIS specifications
  • Plan proposes initial roll out of 50–100 FFV-ready fuel retail outlets in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai–Pune–Nagpur corridors
  • Expansion to nearly 500 outlets by December 2026
  • Approximately 5,000 outlets across major cities by end-2027
  • Government working on supportive measures including pricing support, road tax concessions, availability of E85 testing fuel, special identifiers for FFVs and retail outlets
  • Hero MotoCorp recently launched Flex fuel motorcycles
  • Maruti Suzuki launched flex-fuel passenger vehicle