Sugaronline India Report – The Supreme Court’s latest decision creates new complications for India’s ethanol manufacturers

Earlier, the Indian states had the authority to regulate only one specific type of cane-based ethanol or alcohol i.e. potable alcohol, which requires extensive distillation and filtration processes to remove impurities to make it safe for human consumption. This prevented states from enacting rules for non-potable industrial alcohols, which are cheaper and more accessible but