CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels and to highlight the various efforts made by the Government in the biofuel sector.

Detailed explanation-2: -The theme for this year’s World Biofuel Day is ‘Biofuels for Sustainability and Rural Income’.

Detailed explanation-3: -In India, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoP&NG) and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) started celebrating World Biofuel Day, 2015 onwards.

Detailed explanation-4: -The concept of biofuels dates back to Rudolf Diesel who envisioned vegetable oil as a fuel source for his newly invented engine. The process the Initiative uses to produce biodiesel was discovered in 1937 by G.

Detailed explanation-5: -“Biofuel is an inexhaustible, biodegradable fuel manufactured from Biomass.” Biofuel is considered pure and the easiest available fuels on planet earth. Biofuels are obtained from biomass like wood and straw, which are released by direct combustion of dry matter and convert into a gaseous and liquid fuel.