UP all set to emerge as biggest ethanol producer

Lucknow Uttar Pradesh is all set to emerge as the biggest ethanol producer in the country with around 100 operational distilleries in the ongoing 2023-24 fiscal year.

Additional chief secretary, sugarcane and excise, Sanjay Bhoosreddy said that as many as 85 distilleries are currently in operational stage in UP. Another 15 distilleries are scheduled to get operational in the next few months. The 100 distilleries will be both sugarcane-based and dual mode' (based on cane as well as grain).

Moreover, the state government has also set a target of increasing the number of distilleries in the state to 140 within a span of next three years. The increase would primarily be driven by investments which the state received during the global investor summit which was organized earlier this year, Bhoosreddy said.