Pro oil-import lobby behind propaganda against E20 fuel, Nitin Gadkari says

The government has not received a single official complaint against E20 fuel, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari says at ACMA Summit.

Updated on: Sep 12, 2025, 16:12:58 IST

By Tushar Deep Singh

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The government has not received a single official complaint against E20 fuel, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said, in a pushback against naysayers of ethanol blending in fuel.

“We have not received a single official complaint,” the transport minister said in his video address to an event in New Delhi on Friday. “It is the pro-oil-import lobby that is behind the social media propaganda against E20 fuel.”

I’m using 100% ethanol in my car, and there has been no problem. Brazil has been using 27% ethanol. There has been no problem.”

According to Gadkari, most automakers have flex-fuel engines that can run on both petrol and ethanol.

On increasing ethanol blending beyond 20%, the minister said a decision would be taken only after conducting all tests. “We will follow all necessary testing and standards while increasing ethanol blending in petrol beyond 20%.”

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Tushar Deep Singh
Tushar Deep Singh is a business journalist and digital editorial leader with 12 years of experience in financial journalism. Currently Assistant Editor at Hindustan Times, he is building the HT Business vertical and managing the newsletters for both Livemint and HT. When not in the newsroom, he can be found on a motorcycle. Throughout his career, Tushar has been instrumental in scaling digital publishing operations at some of India’s largest financial news websites. His six-year tenure at Mint—the first job—saw him plunge into online media to deliver record-breaking digital engagement for Livemint.com, including 7.2 million page views on 2017 UP Election Results day. He held fort at Livemint during a senior-level leadership transition later that year. That won him the HT Media Star Award (Bronze) in 2017 and a Certificate of Appreciation for Editorial Excellence in 2018. As the head of the digital desk at ETtech, he curated two daily, full-stack newsletters from an editorial as well as product perspective. At NDTV Profit, he transitioned from website editor to principal correspondent, reporting on the auto sector for the TV channel and website, thereby adding yet another layer to his editorial expertise. He is a post-graduate in journalism from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai, and a graduate from St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad.Read More

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