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Rewa MP defends ethanol blending at flight event
Times of India··10 Aug
BJP MP Janardan Mishra from Rewa defended ethanol blending at the inauguration of Rewa-Bhopal and Rewa-Kolkata flights, asking whether pure petrol would come from critics' fathers' houses. He cited about eighty percent crude oil import dependence and India's twenty percent ethanol blending target, pointing to Brazil as a comparison for the national fuel blending policy.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Vehicle users hearing ethanol-blend debates can note BJP MP Janardan Mishra defended blending while citing eighty percent crude import dependence.
- Anyone tracking fuel policy can place his remarks beside India's twenty percent ethanol blending target and Brazil's example.
- Rewa travellers can note the comments came at the inauguration of Rewa-Bhopal and Rewa-Kolkata flights.
What's Happening
- BJP MP Janardan Mishra from Rewa defended ethanol blending and asked whether pure petrol would come from critics' fathers' houses.
- He cited about eighty percent crude oil import dependence and India's twenty percent ethanol blending target, pointing to Brazil.
- The remarks were made during inauguration of Rewa-Bhopal and Rewa-Kolkata flights.
Why Ethanol Blending Links Farm Fuel And Import Bills
- Ethanol blending is sold as a way to cut the oil import bill while using domestic sugarcane and grain feedstock.
- Public arguments often pit pump-price and vehicle concerns against energy-security claims.
- Local flight inaugurations become stages where MPs fold national fuel policy into constituency events.
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