India’s ethanol push making food costlier? | Let Me Explain

India’s ethanol push is changing more than what goes into your petrol tank. With crop supplies under pressure, ethanol producers are increasingly competing with food and feed industries for the same agricultural produce. Maize prices have risen, poultry feed has become more expensive, and that pressure is reaching products like eggs and chicken. So, is India’s ethanol policy adding to food inflation? And when fuel and food compete for the same crops, who gets priority? Produced by Megha Mukundan, script by Pooja Prasanna, Edit by Nikhil Sekhar ET, Camera by Ajay R Like Pooja's LME? Support the show: https://rzp.io/rzp/support-lme Subscribe to Newslaundry: https://pages.razorpay.com/nlsm Join the NL-TNM Book Club: https://www.newslaundry.com/book-club Join us on WhatsApp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va61... Download the accessible Newslaundry app: https://www.newslaundry.com/download-app Follow and engage with us on social media: Facebook:   / newslaundry   Twitter:   / newslaundry   Instagram:   / newslaundry   #Ethanol #E20 #Ethanolpetrol #NitinGadkari #NarendraModi #Inflation #Sugarcane #EthanolBlendedPetrol #EggPrice #MaizePrice #Modi #Biofuels #GroceryPrices #Economics #FoodSecurity #EnergyPolicy #Inflation #LetMeExplain #PoojaPrasanna #TheNewsMinute