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India updates aviation turbine fuel rules adding synthetic blends and tougher search seizure powers
Economy
Published on 24 April 2026
Fuel definition widens and enforcement gets a new legal backbone
India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has issued the Aviation Turbine Fuel (Regulation of Marketing) Amendment Order, 2026. The update broadens the fuel definition to cover synthetic hydrocarbon blends, drops outdated references, and realigns search and seizure authority with the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023. The move is set to strengthen compliance and enforcement across aviation fuel marketing.
- New rules redefine aviation turbine fuel to include synthetic hydrocarbon blends
- Outdated company references have been removed from the definition
- Search and seizure powers are now aligned with BNS 2023
- Amendment aims to tighten enforcement in fuel marketing
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