Is your petrol really E20? Karnataka claims ethanol levels reached 31%
A major controversy has emerged over ethanol blending in petrol after the Karnataka government claimed that fuel samples collected from multiple districts contained ethanol levels significantly above India’s permitted E20 limit.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same Karnataka claim of petrol ethanol levels above the E20 limit, with a specific figure of 31.2% and a call for federal action, which is consistent with Report 1.
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