Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Calls Ethanol 'Fuel Of Future'

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, said that the fuel of the future will be 100 per cent bio-ethanol at NDTV's summit on green and renewable energy. The statement from the union minister comes amid growing public discontent over the government's plant to sell E20 petrol (petrol blended with 20 per cent ethanol) in the country 2025/26.

"Pollution has reduced post ethanol use... the aim is to curb the carbon footprint (of vehicular traffic in the country) and reduce our use of fossil fuel," Mr Gadkari said at the NDTV summit.