@MeghUpdates Zero planning ! How can Govt suddenly push mandating fuel composition which has no use because vehicle manufacturers are not yet launched any vehicle compliant with E25 or more % of ethanol blend. Such forcing of decision will not work when it comes large stakeholder w old cars
@IndiaToday Which vehicles currently sold in our country are compatible with 20% Ethanol blended Petrol? First get this answered and then celebrate this decision.
@IndiaToday Which vehicles currently sold in our country are compatible with 20% Ethanol blended Petrol? First get this answered and then celebrate this decision.
I’m done with government damaging our precious cars with Ethanol experiments.
Neither opposition nor media cares.
I propose “Car Bandh Day”- one day a week when car owners don’t use their cars.
Demands are simple:
> An option for pure petrol
> Blended petrol at reduced prices
@DealsDhamaka Zero research & analysis on impact of Ethanol based fuels on existing & new vehicles. Was all stakeholders were consulted? NO: consumers who are key stakeholders were ignored; Car companies? We don’t know. This is just a dictatorship. BS decision ! Please stop it.
I think everything is just made complicated
E0
E15
E20
E22
E25
E27
E30
E85
Having options is good, but how will the supply chain and logistics work ? Taxation is complicated, people might get confused on what to and what not to fill
Finally R&D will struggle
Don’t fall for the headline.
In 2014, excise duty on petrol was ₹9.48/litre. By May 2020, while the world was locked down and crude had crashed to $20/barrel, Modi govt hiked it to ₹32.98/litre. A 348% spike. They collected ₹38.89 lakh crore from fuel taxes in 10 years.
Now “scrapping excise”, but only on E22 to E30 ethanol-blended petrol. Not your regular fuel. A blend that, per a survey of 37,000+ vehicle owners, caused unusual wear & tear in 28% of vehicles bought before 2022, with 2/3rds reporting a mileage drop. Two major bike makers & Shell India warned: pre-2023 vehicles risk engine damage and warranty loss.
So here’s the conflict of interest no one’s talking about:
🔴 The govt mandates E20 blending nationwide → forces you onto a fuel that damages your older vehicle → the ethanol supply chain benefits sugar mill lobbies with deep political connections → Nitin Gadkari’s family business is tied to Maharashtra’s sugar belt. The govt itself admitted mileage drops up to 6% in older vehicles.
You pay for the fuel. You pay for the repairs. You pay for the insurance gap.
And today’s “good news”? It doesn’t cut retail prices by a single rupee. It just incentivises higher ethanol blending; pushing you deeper into a fuel your vehicle wasn’t built for.
This isn’t relief. It’s a con wrapped in a press release.
First, bleed the common man. Then rebrand the knife as medicine.
@OfficialPMRDA Every time you promises something nothings happens on the ground. Fix the Roads, Rain drains, Remove barricades kept on the road median (how pedestrian will cross roads?) or keep pedestrian crossing every 500m, no street lights, etc. You are creating new idiom मेट्रोखाली अंधार!
@umedpratapsingh Due to this uncertainty, car / Bike sales will go down impacting our market. They wanted to solve problem but created multiple problems for all of us. Existing vehicles mechanical & kmpl efficiency. What about owners of existing vehicles with loan of 5/7 Yrs? What will they do?
@ksinamdar@amazonIN Hope his family member or someone recorded clip of opening of package content. Please do report on Govt Of India website mentioned above.
@VinitaDeshmukh@CPPuneCity@navalMH@PuneCityTraffic@PMCPune WTH! Sad to know 😔🙏. Again driver lost control? Why the heck such truck drivers are allowed to drive non maintained vehicles? Speed is not the issue and root cause is RTOs who have issued CDL to such jokers who can’t drive. Arrest owner of vehicle as well if vehicle is not fit.