Question : CONVERSION OF FOODGRAIN TO ALCOHOL



(a) whether authorities in Council of Scientific and Industrial Research have proposed conversion of damaged and low value foodgrain into alcohol;

(b) if so, whether the Government has conducted any study on the economic feasibility of conversion of foodgrain into alcohol; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and benefits likely to accrue from it?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH)

(a), (b) & (c): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.