New Delhi, May 25, 2026
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has unveiled an indigenous ethanol-based cooking stove technology that he said can produce cooking flames at a lower cost than commercial LPG cylinders, while also announcing a Rs 40-crore initiative to promote scientific temperament among young Indians. Speaking at an event in Nagpur, Gadkari said the new technology uses a blend of ethanol and water to generate…
This is being seen as a milestone in India's growing biofuel mission. This stove technology is completely indigenous. The most significant feature of this technology is that it operates not on direct ethanol, but by mixing ethanol with water.