CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated India’s first ethanol plant in Purnia – Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has inaugurated India’s first ethanol plant in Purnia district, Bihar and the state came up with an ethanol production promotion policy in the first half of 2021. State Industries Minister Shahnawaz Hussain was also present on the occasion.
- India’s first ethanol plant is the first grain-based ethanol plant.
- Eastern India Biofuels Private Limited has established the plant on around 15 acres of land and the outlay was Rs 105 crores.
- Bihar will become one of the leading ethanol producers in the country.
India’s first ethanol plant in Purnia
- The plant is located at Ganeshpur Parora, about 12 km from Purnia town, Bihar state.
- It is spread over 15 acres of land.
- 17 ethanol production plants will be built in Bihar, which will help in producing 35 crore litres of fuel every year by using sugarcane, molasses, maize and broken rice.
Ethanol plants in Bihar
- Ethanol plants will be built in Muzaffarpur, Bhojpur, Nalanda, Buxar, Madhubani, Begusarai, Gopalganj, East Champaran, Bhagalpur, besides Purnia.
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