Context: India's Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme, initially designed to support sugar mills and cane farmers, is increasingly becoming dependent on grain-based ethanol, raising concerns over food security, water use and the sustainability of h...

Context: Retail sugar prices reportedly rose sharply from around ₹45 to ₹65/kg within a month, with the ethanol-blending programme being blamed; however, the article attributes the rise mainly to lower sugar production and delayed government policy r...