Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri personally fuelled a vehicle with E85 at a New Delhi petrol pump on 5 June 2026, marking the public launch of the high-ethanol blend on World Environment Day.
E85 is a high-ethanol fuel blend containing up to 85% ethanol, designed for flex-fuel vehicles that can run on varying petrol-ethanol mixtures — a key step in India's push to cut fossil fuel dependence and lower transport emissions.
Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated E85 fuel for flex-fuel vehicles at a petrol pump in New Delhi on 5 June 2026, coinciding with World Environment Day — positioning the launch as part of India's broader energy security and Make in India agenda.
Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri addressed the E85 fuel inauguration ceremony at a New Delhi petrol pump on 5 June 2026, underscoring the role of flex-fuel vehicles and domestically produced ethanol in reducing India's oil import bill and carbon footprint.