In October 2025, ethanol blending in petrol in India reached 20 per cent, with cumulative blending for the period from November 2024 to October 2025 at 19.2 per cent during Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2024-25.
Data from the Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC) shows that Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) received 98.2 crore litres of ethanol under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) programme in October 2025, bringing the cumulative total from November 2024 to October 2025 to 1,003.1 crore litres. Of this, 93.2 crore litres of ethanol were blended in October 2025, taking the total blended quantity for the year to 1,022.4 crore litres.
The accelerated blending progress has contributed to reducing India’s dependence on imported crude oil, delivering substantial foreign exchange savings and bolstering the nation’s shift toward a cleaner and more self-reliant energy future.
For ESY 2025–26 (Cycle 1), OMCs have allocated approximately 1,048 crore litres of ethanol against 1,776 crore litres of offers received from manufacturers across the country. The companies had floated tenders for the supply of 1,050 crore litres for the year.
In the allocation, maize accounts for the largest share at 45.68 per cent (around 478.9 crore litres), followed by FCI rice at 22.25 per cent (around 233.3 crore litres), sugarcane juice at 15.82 per cent (around 165.9 crore litres), B-heavy molasses at 10.54 per cent (around 110.5 crore litres), damaged food grains at 4.54 per cent (around 47.6 crore litres), and C-heavy molasses at 1.16 per cent (around 12.2 crore litres).
