New Delhi, July 27 -- The government has signalled that India's ethanol blending programme is being planned beyond the current 20 per cent blending target, saying the country's ethanol production capacity has been created not only to sustain E20 petrol but also to support higher ethanol blends, flex-fuel vehicles and other future biofuel applications.

In a written reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Suresh Gopi said the country's ethanol production capacity has reached about 2,000 crore litres per year and has been developed keeping future requirements in mind.

"The ethanol production capacity created in the country has been planned not only to meet the current req...