(a) whether the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has sent any proposal to the Government for making bio-diesel; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto?
(a) whether the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has sent any proposal to the Government for making bio-diesel; and
(b) if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto?
MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS & PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI MANI SHANKAR AIYAR)
(a) and (b): No, sir. While IOC have undertaken successful trial runs to establish the feasibility of blending diesel with bio-diesel, they themselves have no plan of manufacturing bio-diesel.