New Delhi, April 22 -- As the oil trade from the West Asia stays disrupted for nearly two months and with the US blockade, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has suggested that India should aspire to achieve 100 per cent ethanol blending in the near future. He said vulnerabilities in oil exports amid the West Asia crisis have made it necessary for the country to become self-reliant in the energy sector.

The Union minister further said the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency III standards will have little impact on electric and flex-fuel vehicles. The Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency III norms will be implemented from April 1 next year.

Speaking at Indian Federation of Green Energy's Green Transport Conclave, Nitin Gadkari...