Business● Low26m ago · Nov 7, 2026, 9:29 AM
Is your petrol really E20? Karnataka claims ethanol levels reached 31%
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia
A major controversy has emerged over ethanol blending in petrol after the Karnataka government claimed that fuel samples collected from multiple districts contained ethanol levels significantly above India’s permitted E20 limit.
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