The government is considering to extend an additional soft loan of ₹7,400 crore to sugar mills for creating ethanol capacity under a recently launched scheme, according to sources.
The Food Ministry is also considering tweaking the scheme to ensure that non-molasses-based distilleries are able to avail themselves of soft loans under the scheme launched in June for expansion and setting up of new ethanol plants.
Under the scheme, the government had announced a soft loan of ₹4,400 crore and provided an interest subvention of ₹1,332 crore to mills over a period of five years, including a moratorium period of one year.
However, the Ministry has received 282 applications seeking ₹13,400 crore soft loans. Out of this, 114 applications for a loan amount of ₹6,000 crore have been approved, the sources said.
Sources further said the Ministry is planning to seek a Cabinet approval for the balance 168 applications and sanction an additional soft loan of ₹7,400 crore. The subsidy burden would be ₹1,600 crore for the balance loan amount, they added.
A proposal is being prepared to seek approval for an additional soft loan under the scheme as well as amend the rules to allow even grain-based distilleries take the benefits, the sources added.
Source;BL
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