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Biofuel in IndiaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Biofuel development in India centers mainly around the cultivation and processing of Jatrophaplant

seeds which are very rich in oil (40%). The drivers for this are historic, functional, economic,

environmental, moral and political. Jatropha oil has been used in India for several decades as

biodiesel to cater to the diesel fuel requirements of remote rural and forest communities; jatropha oil

can be used directly after extraction (i.e. without refining) in diesel generators and engines. Jatropha

provides immediate economic benefits at the local level since it grows well in dry marginal non-

agricultural lands, thereby allowing villagers and farmers to leverage non-farm land for income

generation. As well, increased Jatropha oil production delivers economic benefits to India on the

macroeconomic or national level as it reduces the nation's fossil fuelimport bill for diesel production

(the main transportation fuel used in the country); minimizing the expenditure of India's foreign-

currency reserves for fuel allowing India to increase its growing foreign currency reserves (which can

be better spent on capital expenditures for industrial inputs and production). And since Jatropha oil is

carbon-neutral, large-scale production will improve the country's carbon emissions profile. Finally,

since no food producing farmland is required for producing this biofuel (unlike corn or sugar cane

ethanol, or palm oil diesel), it is considered the most politically and morally acceptable choice among

India's current biofuel options; it has no known negative impact on the production of the massive

amounts grains and other vital agriculture goods India produces to meet the food requirements of its

massive population (circa 1.1 Billion people as of 2008). Other biofuels which displace food crops

from viable agricultural land such as corn ethanol or palm biodiesel have causedserious price

increases for basic food grains and edible oils in other countries.

Seeds from the Jatropha curcasplant are used for the production of bio-fuel, a crucial part of India's plan to attain

energy sustainability.

India's total biodiesel requirement is projected to grow to 3.6 Million Metric Tons in 2011-12, with the

positive performance of the domestic automobile industry.Analysis from Frost & Sullivan, Strategic

Analysis of the Indian Biofuels Industry, reveals that the market is an emerging one and has a long

way to go before it catches up with global competitors[1].

The Government is currently implementing an ethanol-blending program and considering initiatives in

the form of mandates for biodiesel. Due to these strategies, the rising population, and the growing

energy demand from the transport sector, biofuels can be assured of a significant market in India. On


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