Ethanol Policy Could Singe Modi Govt.

fundamental of any policy globally is consumer choice. And even Niti Aayog talks about consumer choice. And I spoke to you before we got into this discussion and you were saying that the Brazilian experience was that they gave consumer choice. And through various petrol banks, there is already facility to provide different grades of E5 or E10. So why doesn't the government allow, even now this is possible, why doesn't government allow vehicles before 2023 to simply go for E5, 5% ethanol? It's not a rocket science. How can the situation be retrieved? Politically, of course, the government is under a lot of pressure. So let's talk about solution. How can can they retrieve this? Look at the policy direction of this government. They want to promote the private sector in different spheres and which has been happening other health education and the argument there is we are giving people a choice if you can afford to go for a service A or service B but the same choice is being denied here and of course you refer to the Brazilian model and there was a choice in the sense you see right now also government of India ministers and others they saying that consumers will have a choice when they go for the flexi fuel Those are the new kinds of vehicles where the engines are specifically designed to shift toggle between you know, blended and pure petrol. So the choice is being brought in the form of hardware in the sense if you're going to opt in capital investment, If you're going to make it a new vehicle, then you will have a choice. The question of choice is for the millions of users who are already there. The car owners and the two wheeler owners and everybody who is already on the roads, there should be a choice for them. Dispensing level, there has been a choice. So the argument is that we don't have that infrastructure to supply, but that doesn't stand because at the petrol pumps you have those two kinds or two three kinds of you know dispensers which can dispense different kinds of fuels so why can't that same infrastructure yeah yeah they can give e5 petrol also yes infrastructure is there yeah yeah so it is only the back end which you have to you know suffice so it's a question of how do you enforce your policy and because choice has to be enshrined into that and if you had consultation with consumer organizations and manufacturers sitting across the table on a round table? I'm sure all these questions would have emerged.