{"id":2272,"date":"2026-06-06T07:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2026-06-06T07:02:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T07:02:35","slug":"e85-fuel-to-become-%e2%82%b920-cheaper-as-india-pushes-ethanol-adoption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"E85 Fuel to Become \u20b920 Cheaper as India Pushes Ethanol Adoption"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India is stepping up its clean fuel strategy by introducing E85 petrol at a \u20b920 per litre discount compared to E20 fuel, aiming to encourage wider use of ethanol-blended alternatives. Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the move while launching an E85 dispensing facility in Delhi. E85 contains 85% ethanol and 15% petrol, making it a major part of India\u2019s plan to cut fossil fuel dependence, lower emissions, and support domestic biofuel production. The discounted pricing is expected to make E85 more attractive for flex-fuel vehicle users, although experts note that ethanol has lower energy content than petrol, which may affect mileage. State-run oil marketing companies will lead the rollout of discounted E85 fuel across India as availability of compatible vehicles and fuel stations expands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India is stepping up its clean fuel strategy by introducing E85 petrol at a \u20b920 per litre discount compared to E20 fuel, aiming to encourage wider use of ethanol-blended alternatives. Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the move while launching an E85 dispensing facility in Delhi. E85 contains 85% ethanol and 15% petrol, making it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-biusinessfinance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2272"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2273,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272\/revisions\/2273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynewshours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}