ARTICLE 3 #SugarIndustry

The Indian sugar sector is urging the government to ramp up ethanol blending with petrol from the current 20% (E20) to 27% (E27), arguing that the country already has surplus ethanol production capacity from sugarcane.

The sugar-crushing season in Namakkal is set to begin by mid-November, with nearly one lakh tonnes of sugarcane registered for processing at the Salem Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited.