With nine projects that have begun production and a capacity of about 1500 kiloliters per day, Bihar hopes to achieve significant success in the manufacturing of ethanol.

“Bihar is 6th largest producer of sugarcane in the country. Also, it ranks first in water availability. Along these, supporting policy will help the State to become a leader in the ethanol production in the country,” a senior State Government official said.

The State also plans to show these as success stories during two days global investors’ summit, ‘Bihar Business Connect 2023’, to be held from 13 to 14 December, 2023.

In a response to question in Rajya Sabha, earlier this year, the Centre informed that a total of 47 ethanol projects in Bihar have been approved under various ethanol interest subvention scheme from July, 2018 to April, 2022 out of which 7 projects are molasses based, 32 grain based and 8 dual feed.