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Q&A

The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had already issued a detailed clarification on the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme through a press release on 23rd June, 2026, addressing the misinformation and providing factual clarifications. Automobile manufacturers also issued clarifications regarding the programme during a press conference held on 4th July, 2026.

Despite these clarifications, certain concerns have continued to be raised regarding the Ethanol Blended Petrol Programme. The following Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provide factual and evidence-based responses to these concerns.

Q1: Why did India appear to rush its ethanol blending targets when countries like Brazil took decades?

✴️The first point that must be understood is that ethanol is not a new fuel. We did not invent ethanol. More than a century ago, Henry Ford designed the Model T to run on ethanol, and countries across the world, including Brazil and the United States, have used ethanol blends for decades.

✴️Equally important, India's ethanol blending programme did not begin under the present government. The initiative has a long institutional history and milestones (all are available in public domain – some are placed at Annexure-1)

✴️A pilot ethanol blending programme was launched in 2001, formally announced in 2004, and E5 (5% ethanol blending) was rolled out across several States by 2006.

✴️The policy framework was subsequently notified in the Gazette of India in January 2013 during the UPA government. These are matters of public record.

Read here: https://t.co/twCZKwtWq7

@PetroleumMin

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[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

Just received a call from @DelhiPolice , they have said that we cannot go outside the residence of Hon'ble Transport & Highway Minister Shri Nitin Gadkari ji. Hon'ble Minister challenged us to get one case of vehicle damage due to E20blendedpetrol: how do we get it?
@DelhiPolice please get us an appointment with @nitin_gadkari ji sir !

[Arvind Kejriwal @ArvindKejriwal]

Do read this article. Govt was saying that ethanol saves forex. No. On the contrary, E20 decision is causing more forex outflow and no other benefit with huge costs and harassment to ordinary people.

[CHINMOY ZENITH @ChinmoyZenith]

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[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐋 𝟐𝟓 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆!

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐁𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐓 & 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐍!

The Govt has postponed the Ethanol 25 blending programme amid massive public backlash. But our questions and demands still remain:

• 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐄𝟐𝟎 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐘?

• 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐥 𝟐𝟎 𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 --𝐍𝐎𝐖!

• 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟖𝟎% 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐄𝟐𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭?

Vehicle manufacturers & the Govt claim E20 fuel can be used in E10 compliant vehicles. 𝐈𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝟐𝟎 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥?• 𝐀 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑!

We are grateful the Govt has taken one step back. But transparency and relief for common citizens cannot wait any longer.

Tehseen Poonawalla
Team Bharat
@FactswithDinesh @ShivrattanDhil1
@nachiket1982
@volklub
@theracemonkey
@Nidhzee
@VishhalSJain

#EthanolScam #E20

[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐯𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞. 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.

𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝟐𝟎.

𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 “𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤!

Team Bharat is calling every Indian to rise:

𝐖𝐄 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃:

Full, easy availability of E0, E5, E10 & E20 everywhere YOUR CHOICE, not their diktat!

An Immediate solution, repair support & justice for every single vehicle damaged by mandatory E20!

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. JOIN THE PROTEST today 5th July 2:00 pm.onwards at Jantar Mantar Delhi

Parking Available in front of Patel Chowk!

#EthanolScam
BETA BADHAO YOJNA!

[Tehseen Poonawalla Official 🇮🇳 @tehseenp]

Everyone knows shri Nitin Gadkari ji's son has an ethanol distillery and his father shri Nitin Gadkari ji unde the BETA BADHAO YOJNA is pushing for a Ethanol blending policy . This is absolutely shameful behavior!
#EthanolScam

Join us in Protests:
Jantar Mantar, Delhi
5th July

[CHINMOY ZENITH @ChinmoyZenith]

@MarutSah @IndianOilcl Yes 👍🏻

[The Wire @thewire_in]

India's Petrol Car Owners Are Not Ready For the E20 Blending Programme | @MoneylifeIndia
https://t.co/QoftSKHpAP

[Congress Kerala @INCKerala]

Dear Epstein Boy @HardeepSPuri,

The energy density Ethanol is 26.8 MJ/kg, whereas Petrol is 46.4 MJ/kg. Which means theoretically, you need 1.74 litres of Ethanol to travel the same distance as with one litre of Petrol. If you think that mileage is going to be same with Ethanol and Petrol, you are mathematically unfit to stay in your position as Petroleum Minister. A school kid will do a better job than you.

You said "There is room for electric vehicles, biofuel blended vehicles, hybrid and CNG vehicles."

But there is room for Petrol vehicles. Provide us pure unleaded Petrol which was available before the greedy and uneducated lot took over India in 2014.

Just provide us pure Petrol first instead of Gadkari's alcohol. It's our right.

[CHINMOY ZENITH @ChinmoyZenith]

@PIB_India @PetroleumMin Most countries like the USA, the UK, and many European nations still use E10 petrol. So why is India pushing for E20?

[Congress @INCIndia]

Modi's experiment, India's consequences

[CHINMOY ZENITH @ChinmoyZenith]

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Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi is scheduled to visit Guwahati, Assam, on July 1 for a bilateral summit with PM Narendra Modi. This rare regional summit highlights Assam's growing strategic importance and will focus on infrastructure, semiconductors, and investments.

#Japan #India

[Kunki Chowdhury Official @KunkiCofficial]

A city should not need a visiting dignitary to deserve cleanliness, care, and beauty.

Every time a foreign leader arrives, roads are resurfaced overnight, walls are painted, trees are trimmed, and public spaces are polished for display. The real question is: why does this urgency appear only for guests and not for the citizens who live here every day?

Urban maintenance should be a continuous commitment, not a temporary performance staged for diplomatic optics. Residents deserve clean streets, functioning infrastructure, and attractive public spaces long before any motorcade passes through.

Even more troubling is the removal of graffiti, street art, and local expressions that give a city its character, memory, and voice. Not all wall art is vandalism. Many murals and public artworks reflect the stories, emotions, creativity, and identity of the people who call the city home. Erasing them to create a sanitized image for visitors risks erasing the very culture that makes the place unique.

A truly beautiful city is not one that is hurriedly beautified before an important arrival. It is one that is cared for consistently, respects its public spaces, and celebrates the authentic expressions of its people every single day.