FCI to use surplus rise to make alcohol-based sanitizers- Ethnol Policy
Part of: GS-III- S&T (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST)
Surplus rice available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) would be converted to ethanol to ensure adequate availability of alcohol-based sanitizers in the country. Union Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas, in a meeting of National Biofuel Coordination Committee approved this decision as per the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018. The ethanol produced from surpl