Thursday, December 28, 2017

Production of second generation ethanol

CHANDIGARH, DEC 28
The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) would initiate production of  second Generation Ethanol by utilizing surplus crop residues and other biomass as feedstock at village Baoli, district Panipat. The capacity of proposed plant would be 100 Kilo Litre of Ethanol per day.
        Haryana Enterprise Promotion Board which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal today gave approval to offer gram panchayat land of village Baoli to IOCL at prevailing market rate. Education Minister, Mr. Ram Bilas Sharma, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr. O.P. Dhankar, Public Works (Buildings and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh and Industries and Commerce Minister, Mr. Vipul Goel were also present in the meeting.
          It was informed that Indian Oil is ranked 161st among the world's largest corporate (and first among Indian enterprises) in the prestigious Fortune ‘Global 500’ listing for the year 2016.
          The firm has proposed to procure over two lakh tonnes rice straw, that is total production of four districts Karnal, Panipat, Sonipat and Kurukshetra. This would help in curbing the pollution emission to a significant extent, by utilising the straw as raw material, which currently is being burnt by the Farmers resulting in occurring of pollution menace every year especially during winter season.
          It was also informed that this project would also help reduce the effort farmers have to undertake for the burning process as the firm would be setting up the extensive infrastructure for speedy collection of these straws so that farmers would not be missing on crop cycle. Moreover, it would also add on to the farmers’ income as they would be offered a reasonable price for the straw firm would procure. This project has a considerable potential to generate direct and indirect employment.

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