PM Modi To Address World Environment Day Event On June 5

World Environment Day: Prime Minister's Office said PM Modi will also launch a pilot project of E-100 dispensing stations at three locations in Pune.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an event on the World Environment Day on Saturday via video-conferencing. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said he will also release the "Report of the Expert Committee on Road Map for ethanol blending in India 2020-2025". "To commemorate the World Environment Day, the government is releasing E-20 notification directing oil companies to sell ethanol-blended petrol with percentage of ethanol up to 20 from April 1, 2023; and Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specifications for higher ethanol blends E12 and E15. These efforts will facilitate setting up of additional ethanol distillation capacities and provide timelines for making blended fuel available across the country, the PMO said.