Ethanol supplies top 9.87 bn litres by Sep, grain feedstocks lead: AIDA
India's cumulative ethanol receipts reached 987 crore litres by the end of September in the current supply year, with grain-based feedstocks accounting for more than 71 per cent of the total, the All India Distillers' Association (AIDA) said on Thursday.
Receipts by oil marketing companies stood at 987 crore litres in Ethanol Supply Year 2025-26 (November-October), against a total contracted allocation of 1,197 crore litres, or 82.5 per cent fulfilment, AIDA said in a statement.
Grain-based feedstocks supplied 705 crore litres, or 71.4 per cent of receipts, against an allocation of 908 crore litres, a fulfilment rate of 77.6 per cent.
Maize was the largest single contributor at 413 crore litres, or over 41 per cent of total receipts, against an allocation of 614 crore litres.
Surplus rice from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) supplied 222 crore litres against an allocation of 233 crore litres, while damaged food grains supplied 70 crore litres, above their 60 crore-litre ...
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