The Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprise is, at present, not formulating any policy to prepare bio-fuels for hybrid vehicles.  Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has, however, issued the following  notifications to promote the use of hybrid vehicles:-

(i)     G.S.R 682(E) dated 12/07/2016 regarding mass emission standard for flex-fuel (E85) or (E100) and ethanol (ED95) vehicles.
(ii)    G.S.R 412(E) dated 11/04/2016 regarding Biodiesel.
(iii)    G.S.R 629(E) dated 24.06.2016 regarding retro-fitment of Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

    This information was given by Minister of  State in the Ministry of  Heavy Industries  and Public Enterprises Shri Babul Supriyo in reply to a written question in the Lok Sabha today.

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