Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Transport Transport and Motorway Departments, emphasized the need for new technologies in agriculture and claimed that the sugar industry survived because of the requirement of ethanol, PTI reported.
“We import fossil fuel worth £22 Lakh crore due to ethanol. Today’s cultivators of sugar cane and sugar mill operators survived only because of the arrival of ethanol, ”said the Minister, adding that sugar in India, India and sugar mills, managed to survive only for ethanol.
He also said that in the agricultural sector it was necessary to bring technology and added that the experiments concerning the same have already been carried out.
Nitin Gadkari on the suicide of farmers: “Water was the main cause …”
Gadkari, who spoke at the Pune event, for the Naam Foundation, supported by Nana Patekar and Makarand Anaspure, also dealt with the suicides of farmers in these areas, he added.
“Water was the main cause of farmers’ suicide in the regions of Vidarbha and Marathwad. If water was available in abundance, farmers would not have to take an extreme step,” he said.
According to the report, the Minister continued to hail its foundation for their work on the protection of water and the well -being of the children of farmers who committed suicide.
Ethanol production: Gadkari faces the accusation of the conflict of interest
Meanwhile, the opposition party’s Congress claims a conflict of interest in terms of “aggressive lobby” of Gadkari for Ethanol production, while his two sons are involved in societies producing ethanol and “mining” from government policy.
While Gadkari’s party, BJP rejected the accusation and said that the accusations of congress have “nothing in fact”.
The accusation of the congress party came after the Supreme Court rejected the litigation (Pil), which challenged the introduction of a national introduction of 20 % of gasoline with ethanol (EBP-20). Pil has submitted that lakhs motorists are forced to use fuel that is not designed for their vehicles.
The impact of E20 fuel on vehicles, including a decrease in fuel consumption and engine parts, has become a debate on social media, and many claim that a drop in a kilometer in the range of up to 20 percent.
11th September Gadkari addressed anger for social media and called it a “paid campaign” to focus on it politically. On the E20 (20 % petrol ethanol-mincols), the parties, including the automotive industry, have been bright.
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