Panipat Cooperative Sugar Mill to Set Up ₹200 Crore Grain-Based Ethanol Plant of 90,000 Litres Per Day Capacity in Panipat, Haryana
Panipat Cooperative Sugar Mill plans to set up a ₹200 crore grain-based ethanol plant in Haryana with a capacity of 90,000 litres per day, making it the largest ethanol facility in the state once operational.
The project is awaiting approval from the High Purchase Committee, after which tenders will be issued. Construction is expected to take about 15 months from the award stage. The plant will be built on 10.7 acres and supply ethanol mainly to Indian Oil Corporation’s Panipat refinery and other oil marketing companies under India’s ethanol blending programme.
It will use a flexible feedstock model—molasses during the sugarcane season and grains like maize, rice, and bajra during the off-season—to ensure year-round production. The facility will also feature zero liquid discharge technology for environmental compliance.
Overall, the project supports India’s push to expand domestic ethanol capacity through cooperative sector distilleries and strengthen clean fuel blending initiatives.