Last Updated: August 29, 2024, 22:22 IST Government permitted the use of sugarcane juice and sugar syrup for ethanol production in the 2024-25. (Image: Representative) In December 2023, the government prohibited the use of sugarcane juice or sugar syrup for ethanol production in the 2023-24 ESY The government on Thursday permitted the use of sugarcane … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: C. Venkatachalapathy India may allow sugar exports after assessing the final sugarcane sowing and output in the 2024-25 season, as the world’s biggest producer after Brazil is expecting a lower sugar output of 30 million tonnes next season, sources said. For the current 2023-24 season ending September, sugar production … Read more
The government’s order to levy 50% export duty on “molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar” will make available more molasses for ethanol production, according to the India Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) M. Prabhakar Rao, president of the Association, said in a press release that almost 15 lakh tonnes of molasses, … Read more
