No assessment done on percentage of vehicles fully compliant with E20 petrol, says Govt

No assessment has been done on the percentage of petrol vehicles in India that are fully compliant with E20 fuel, petrol blended with 20% ethanol, the government informed the Parliament on Monday. The information was provided by Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi in response to a question in the Rajya Sabha. This comes amid a public backlash on ethanol-blended petrol.“Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) have informed that no such assessment has been done by them,” Gopi said in a written response to a question in the Upper House. The Ministry of Heavy Industries is the nodal ministry for the automobile sector in India. The country achieved 20% ethanol blending in petrol last year and at present, the E20 fuel — 80 parts petrol and 20 parts ethanol — is the standard pe