Initiatives taken to take forward Biodiesel Programme: Pradhan

摘要

New Delhi, India: The Minister of Slate (l/C) for Petroleum & Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had announced a Biodiesel Purchase Policy in October 2005, under which, Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) would purchase bio-diesel at a uniform price as may be decided by the OMCs from time to time, for blending with High Speed Diesel (HSD) to the extent of 5 per cent at identified 20 purchase centres across the country. However, OMCs could not procure biodiesel upto August, 2015 as biodiesel producers were not coming forward to supply their biodiesel at the prices decided by OMCs from time to time.