CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has decided to set up a grain-based ethanol plant in Una district of Himachal Pradesh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Key companies in the Indian Ethanol Market include India Glycols Limited., Balrampur Chini Mills Limited, Shri Renuka Sugars Limited, Triveni Engineering and Industries Limited, Godavari Biorefineries Limited, Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Limited, Bajaj Hindustan Sugars Limited., Simbhaoli Sugars Limited.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bihar CM inaugurates India’s first ethanol plant in Purnia.

Detailed explanation-4: -PTI Nitish Kumar launches the country’s first greenfield grain-based ethanol plant, in Purnia. In a major boost to industry-starved Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated on Saturday a greenfield grain-based ethanol plant built at a cost of Rs 105 crore at Purnea.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) will set up a Rs 400 crore grain-based ethanol plant with a capacity of 125 KL per day in Una district. Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said here today that the state government would provide about 70 acres for the plant and a rail-fed POL terminal of higher capacity.