E85 fuel introduced in Delhi at Rs 82.12 per litre

Union Petroleum and Natural Gas minister Hardeep Singh Puri has inaugurated the first E85 fuel dispensing station in Delhi today. E85 has been priced at Rs 82.12 per litre in Delhi, which is exactly Rs 20 lesser than regular E20 petrol. E85 dispensers will carry their own branding to mark it out from regular E20 petrol. The fuel is available for purchase for applicable vehicles with immediate effect. 

The first E85 dispensing station has been setup by Indian Oil at Pusa Road in New Delhi, and more are expected to follow soon. In the short-term, the government plans to set up about 50-100 dispensing stations in the Delhi-NCR and Mumbai-Pune-Nagpur corridor, and ramp it up to 500 dispensing stations by end of this year. By the end of 2027, the government has an ambitious plan of having 5000 operational E85 dispensing stations across in major cities across the country.