By Prensa Latina,
New Delhi : India Prime Minister Manmohan Sigh is clear that his country will never use edible grains and plants to produce bio-fuel, noted one of his Cabinet ministers.
India and Brazil are studying forms of sustainable development of fuel but will never copy that Latin American countries in producing ethanol from foods, affirmed Vilasrao Muttenwar.
Indo-Asian news service (IANS) has echoed Muttenwar’s statement, who came along with President Pratibha Patil on her tour through Brazil, Mexico and Chile, her first visit to Latin America.
Patil and her delegation arrived in Rio de Janeiro joining a working agenda in the South American giant.
The leader told IANS that the prime minister has clearly said that we can not use edible grains for producing ethanol even if we are facing an energy crisis; it is a luxury we can’t afford.
Singh reiterated such guideline in the package of measures announced since April 1st to stop inflation and fight food shortage.
Muttemwar emphasized the Indian government will grow plants no fuel like Jatropha in inhabited fields to produce bio-fuels but we will be sure traditional cultivations would not be diversified.
Economists and politicians from several countries have expresses their concern over the government proposal of using corn to produce ethanol, one of the reasons of the current food crisis worldwide.