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Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia

Current party All India Trinamool CongressConstituency Coochbehar

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All India Trinamool Congress
2024-06-05
2024-06-05Session ls-18Lok Sabha Proceedings Permanent link

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Regarding need to release funds for West Bengal under MGNREGA work
2025-12-11
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Mananio Speaker mohoday, apner madhomme ami mantri moshai ke janate chai … (Interruptions) संसदीय कायª मंýी; तथा अÐपसं´यक कायª मंýी (®ी िकरेन åरिजजू): अÅय± महोदय, ůांसलेशन नहé हòआ, ³वेĳ åरपीट करना पड़ेगा । SHRI JAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIA: In India, more than 32 crore vehicles are registered. Most of these vehicles were out in the market long before the E20 Mandate was made compulsory. After that, we didn't get the official figure on how many vehicles are not E20 compliant. Has the government conducted any assessment or survey on this matter? If so, please let us know what percentage of vehicles are currently compatible with E20 fuel.  English translation of the speech originally delivered in Bengali. 11.12.2025 11 ®ी िनितन जयराम गडकरी: सÌमाननीय अÅय± महोदय, भारत सरकार ने िवशेष łप से हमारे देश म¤ ई-20 Éयूल को Öवीकार िकया है । अभी हमारे पेůोल म¤ ई-20 म¤ इथेनॉल का 20 परस¤ट एिडंग होती है । यह करीब पुराने वषª 2023 के पहले जो पुराने िÓहकÐस थे, उनका भी टेिÖटंग िकया है, करीब एक लाख िकलोमीटर तक टेिÖटंग एआरएआई Ĭारा हòई है । यह गवनªम¤ट कì Öथािपत कì हòई संÖथा है, जो पुणे म¤ Öथािपत है, उÆहŌने कहा है – “No vehicle engine failure was observed, No impact on vehicle performance, start ability, drive ability, and metal capability”. हम लोग बहòत बार मेÆटेन करने के िलए छह-आठ महीने के िलए सिवªिसंग करते ह§, जो मेटल के पाट्ªस थे, उसके िलए कहा गया था िक शायद इसका कोई पåरणाम हो सकता है, लेिकन Åयान म¤ आया िक ऐसा कुछ नहé हòआ है । िकÆतु सिवªिसंग म¤ छोटे-छोटे मेट्Ðस के मॉयसचर होते ह§, वे बदलते रहते ह§ । इसके बारे म¤ िवशेष łप से भारत सरकार के पास कोई तकरार नहé आयी । एक तकरार गुजरात कì वो³सवैगन कंपनी कì आयी थी, उसकì इन³वायरी हòई, उसके बाद Åयान म¤ आया िक इसका संबंध ई-20 ÉयूÐस से कोई नहé था । इथेनॉल हमारी सरकार कì ÿाथिमकता है । ÿधानमंýी जी के नेतृÂव म¤ आÂमिनभªर भारत का उĥेÔय रखा गया है, उसम¤ हमारे फॉिसल ÉयूÐस का इÌपोटª 22 लाख करोड़ Łपये का है और जो ÿदूषण हो रहा है उसके पåरणाम हम सभी भुगत रहे ह§ । इथेनॉल एक úीन Éयूल है, उससे ÿदूषण कम होता है । मुझे लगता है िक इसम¤ िकसानŌ को भी बहòत फायदा हòआ है । 22 लाख करोड़ का इÌपोटª समाÈत करके हम अपने देश के िकसान को िवकिसत करके, ऊजाªदाता, ईंधनदाता बनाया है । आगे चलकर यह पूरा Łपया úामीण ±ेý म¤ जाएगा और िकसानŌ को इस कारण सबसे ºयादा फायदा होगा । माननीय अÅय±: वैसे यह ÿÔन पेůोिलयम मंýी जी का है । ®ी िनितन गडकरी: सर, इसम¤ दो पॉइंट्स ह§ । जो Öट§डड्ªस तय होते ह§, ऑटोमोबाइल इंजÆस आिद मेरे मंýालय से संबंिधत है । जो एथेनॉल खरीदता है, वह पेůोिलयम मंýालय लेती है, इसिलए म§ने 11.12.2025 12 आपसे अनुरोध िकया था िक एथेनॉल के परचेज़ के बारे म¤ जो ÿÔन मेरे मंýालय से संबंिधत आएंगे, तो म§ने आदरणीय पेůोिलयम मंýी जी को åर³वेÖट कì है िक वह इसका जवाब द¤गे । म§ने यह ÿाथªना उनसे कì है । SHRI JAGADISH CHANDRA BARMA BASUNIA: Hon. Speaker Sir, the Minister said that mixing ethanol with petrol has reduced pollution and increased vehicle speed. However, in our real world experience, we have seen that the price of petrol has not decreased after mixing it with ethanol. Specifically, the earlier price of petrol based on crude oil prevails even after the introduction of E20 that is petrol blended with 20 per cent ethanol. THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI): Hon. Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank the hon. Member for raising the issue of prices of petrol. जैसा सबको पता है हमारी पेůोल, डीजल एनजê कंजÌÈशन बहòत तेजी से बढ़ रही है । Energy is the lifeline of the economy. If the economy is growing at 8.4 per cent in the last quarter of financial year 2023- 2024 and 7.8 per cent in the previous quarter and energy consumption is increasing, the Paris-based International Energy Agency has estimated that for the next 20 years, about 35 per cent or more of the increase in demand for global energy will come from India because it is a rapidly growing economy. We are spending approximately 150 billion dollars a year on the import of energy. So, to the extent that we have 20 per cent blending, that 20 per cent blending means 20 per cent less of imports have to be followed.  English translation of the speech originally delivered in Bengali. 11.12.2025 13 In so far as international energy prices are concerned, those are determined by a variety of factors, the cost of production and the point of production. These days, we have a comfort level because prices are in the range between 60 and 65 dollars per barrel. Then, there is the cost of insurance, cost of freight, the refining margin and the dealers margin. All that is added. The feeds which are going into ethanol, Sir, we had started with sugar and sugarcane B- heavy molasses and C-heavy molasses, but we are gradually moving from water intense crops like sugar to less water intense crops like maize or corn. Today, our feed is 48 per cent. It is maize and let me also share with you that the overall juice syrup provides 16 per cent B-heavy molasses, 11 per cent C-heavy molasses, 1 per cent damaged foodgrain, 5 per cent surplus FCI rice, 22 per cent maize, 46 per cent total. Nearly Rs. 40,000 crore, the money that we give to the farmers per year as a result of this procurement, is also helping to alleviate the strained India agricultural economy. In the case of maize, for instance, the price is very attractive and that is encouraging farmers to move there. Sir, when we started the blending programme, at that stage ethanol was cheaper than petrol, a crude oil. Today, ethanol prices have gone up because crude prices have come down. But in overall term, Sir, it is a very healthy trend. As the hon. Minister, my senior colleague mentioned, it is a green transition. It is less polluting. In fact, 65 per cent of the emissions are less when you are using ethanol; the knocking properties in the car improve; the octane level improves; and we are also able to reimburse our farmers Rs. 40,000 crore. 11.12.2025 14 Our total consumption of oil per day is 5.6 million barrels and we are only producing a fraction of that. So, we are producing more now. The production on the eastern coast has gone up to 55,000 barrels; on the western coast, we are producing two and a half lakh barrels a day; and in Assam, we have raised the production to 1 lakh barrels. माननीय अÅय±: मंýी जी, कृपया शॉटª म¤ जवाब द¤ । ®ी हरदीप िसंह पुरी: अगर ओवरऑल कंजÌÈशन बढ़ेगा, तो इÌपोटª भी बढ़ेगा । धÆयवाद ।

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