New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- State-run refiners are selling up to 5% biodiesel blended diesel in certain retail outlets in the country depending on availability even as international fuel prices have zoomed because of the war in West Asia, forcing private pumps to raise petrol and diesel rates. State-owned oil marketing companies Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd are now supplying blended diesel in certain locations , an industry executive said on condition of anonymity. The percentage of biodiesel ranges between 0.5% and 5% (B5), this person added. India's national policy on biofuel, released 2022, envisaged a target of 5% biodiesel blending in diesel by 2030. A random survey of petrol pumps across Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh (UP) confirmed that no retail outlet explicitly displayed the quantity of biodiesel blended in the regular diesel, but some dealers confirmed the development, showing invoices mentioning blends in the range of B2 and B5 on strict confidentiality, fearing reprisal. India imports more than 88% of crude oil it processes. htc...