The government's push for alternative fuel and flex fuel technology in well known to us and moving ahead it is now likely to take steps in this direction sooner than later. To substitute India's petroleum imports, the government has advised automakers to start developing and manufacturing flex-fuel powered vehicles, hybrid and electric vehicles that comply with the BS6 emission norms withing six months from now. Nitin Gadkari -Minister of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH) said that this move will drastically reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from vehicles and in-turn will help the country meet its COP26 commitments.
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Nitin Gadkari, Minister Of Road, Transport and Highways has been advocating the benefits of flex-fuel.
For almost half of decade now Gadkari has been advocating the benefits of alternate fuels to the environment and how they are cost effective. The Minister had been requesting automakers on India to switch to or incorporate natural gas alternatives like methanol and ethanol among others which are comparatively less polluting. As we already know, Gadkari is planning to make flex engines that can run on more than one fuel mandatory in India.
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Now auto industry is not the only sector stressing over the use of alternative fuels. Methanol is also a substitute of cooking gas and earlier Niti Aayog has talked about promoting the use of methanol. Niti Aayog member, VK Saraswat had earlier pitched the idea of investing around Rs. 5,000 crore for development of Methanol as fuel. In fact, the Bureau of Indian Standards certified methanol as a fuel in 2017.
