Question: World Biofuel Day is celebrated on-
(a) 10 August
(b) 5 August
(c) 26 August
(d) 12 August
Answer 🙁 a)
Related Facts:
- World Biofuel Day is celebrated on 10 August every year to promote the awareness about non-fossil fuels (Green or Bio Fuels).Biofuels are renewable, biodegradable, sustainable and eco-friendly and can be used over conventional fossil fuels.
- This day marks the achievement made by Sir Rudolph Diesel (inventor of Diesel Engine) for operating the mechanical engine with peanut oil as fuel.
Indian context:
- Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has been observing this day since 2015.In continuation to this, government celebrated this day at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.Honourable Prime Minister was the Chief Guest of the event.
- Government of India has made appreciable efforts for the advancement of Biofuels. Biofuels will retard the import dependency on crude oil, safeguard cleaner environment, put additional ways to generate income to the farmers and generates employment.
- The biofuels programme is also in synergy with the Government of India initiatives for Make in India, Swachh Bharat and enhancing farmer’s income.
- Since 2014 there has been positive growth in the blending of Biofuels.Etanol blending reported increment from 38 crore to 141 crore litres and Biodiesel blending to 7.6 crore litres since its inception in August, 2015.
- Oil PSUs are also planning to set up 12 Second Generation (2G) Bio-refineries to augment ethanol supply.
- The Government has approved National Policy on Biofuels in June 2018 whose objective is to reach 20% ethanol blending and 5% Biodiesel blending by 2030. GST on Ethanol blending has been reduced from 18% to 5%.
References:
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