National seminar on bio fuel programme in India
Updated: Jul 11, 2015 03:17:14pm
New Delhi, Jul 11 (KNN) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is organising a national seminar on Bio Fuel Programme in India - The Way Forward here on July 13. The ministry is preparing a road map to accelerate the implementation of bio-fuel program by increasing their consumption in the country.
The seminar is aimed at accelerating the blending program in the country and draw up a road map to reduce the consumption of fossils fuels by replacing it with locally produced bio fuels thus reducing the foreign exchange out flow, generate rural employment and protect environment.
There will be sessions on Bio diesel, Bio Ethanol and Presentation on New Technologies and Initiatives.
The sessions on Bio Diesel and Bio Ethanol will focus on issues and hurdles being faced by the sector and dwell on how to overcome these hurdles for effective implementation of the blending program across the country.
The session on New Technologies and Initiatives will look at various resources such as agriculture residues, Municipal solid waste and plastic wastes and leading edge technologies for converting them to into fuels which can replace the fossil fuels.
Minister of State (I/C) Dharmedra Pradhan will inaugurate the programme and Chancellor, AcSIR, NCL, Pune, RA Mashelkar will be the guest of honour.
Secretary, MoP&NG, K D Tripathi; senior officers of MoP&NG and chairman and managing directors of all OMC’s will also participate at the event.
Representatives of the bio diesel and bio ethanol industry, senior executives of OMC’s, researchers, academics and joint secretaries of several ministries and from the state governments are expected to participate.
A working group has been set up under the chairmanship of YB Ramakrishna former Chairman of the Karnataka state Bio Fuel Development Board with the task of preparing the road map for creating synergy between various Ministries, develop awareness and conduct program in the country. (KNN/ST)
The seminar is aimed at accelerating the blending program in the country and draw up a road map to reduce the consumption of fossils fuels by replacing it with locally produced bio fuels thus reducing the foreign exchange out flow, generate rural employment and protect environment.
There will be sessions on Bio diesel, Bio Ethanol and Presentation on New Technologies and Initiatives.
The sessions on Bio Diesel and Bio Ethanol will focus on issues and hurdles being faced by the sector and dwell on how to overcome these hurdles for effective implementation of the blending program across the country.
The session on New Technologies and Initiatives will look at various resources such as agriculture residues, Municipal solid waste and plastic wastes and leading edge technologies for converting them to into fuels which can replace the fossil fuels.
Minister of State (I/C) Dharmedra Pradhan will inaugurate the programme and Chancellor, AcSIR, NCL, Pune, RA Mashelkar will be the guest of honour.
Secretary, MoP&NG, K D Tripathi; senior officers of MoP&NG and chairman and managing directors of all OMC’s will also participate at the event.
Representatives of the bio diesel and bio ethanol industry, senior executives of OMC’s, researchers, academics and joint secretaries of several ministries and from the state governments are expected to participate.
A working group has been set up under the chairmanship of YB Ramakrishna former Chairman of the Karnataka state Bio Fuel Development Board with the task of preparing the road map for creating synergy between various Ministries, develop awareness and conduct program in the country. (KNN/ST)
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