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Center Owned by The Tribune TrustOil marketing companies reject Karnataka’s claims of 26–31 pc ethanol in petrol, cite testing irregularities
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The Centre has rejected Karnataka’s claim that petrol sold at some retail outlets contains 26‑31 % ethanol, saying the sampling and testing methodology used by the state is questionable and that all 56 samples examined in a nationwide quality monitoring exercise complied with the E20 specification. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas affirmed that the tested fuel meets the Bureau of Indian Standards IS 17021 standard. Karnataka’s IT and Home Minister Priyank Kharge accused the Union government of misleading the public about ethanol blending, alleging the policy favours companies linked to Union ministers.
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Citing test results of samples of E20 petrol collected by the Karnataka government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the Union government and said "E20 turned into 420". He asked the Centre to come clean on the actual ethanol content in fuel being sold across the country. In a post in Hindi on…
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NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Modi government over the rollout of E20 petrol, citing test results of samples collected by the Karnataka government, and asked the Centre to come clean on the actual ethanol content in fuel being sold across the country. In a post in…
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Rahul Gandhi has raised concerns regarding high ethanol levels in petrol sold in Karnataka. He claims that numerous petrol samples exceeded the prescribed limit of 20%. Oil marketing companies have disputed these allegations, asserting their fuel meets regulatory standards. Karnataka authorities are…
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The three OMCs asserted that E20 petrol supplied nationwide complies with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) specification IS 17021, rejecting the Karnataka government's claim that petrol sold at certain retail outlets in the state contains 26–31 per cent ethanol.
