A Planning Commission expert committee may soon recommend a revised price for ethanol, currently pegged at an ad hoc price of Rs 27 a litre. Official sources said the commission will forward this

There has been a boom in sugarcane production. From less than 250 million tonnes, India has achieved a production of 780 million tonnes, which amounts to Rs 70,000 crore worth of sugarcane grown on

Growing perennial grass on least productive farmlands that are currently used for corn ethanol production in the US would result in higher overall corn yields, more ethanol output per acre and

To ensure a firm price for ethanol, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has written a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking his intervention to ensure its smooth supply during the 2011-12