India’s ethanol blending of petrol has reached 20%, but the bigger story is stubborn: crude oil import dependence has risen to over 90% from 84% earlier. The ethanol switch is saving only about USD 3 billion a year—roughly 2% to 3% of the total oil import bill—so the expected gains are not translating into lower reliance.
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