Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry today organised a webinar on the occasion of the World Biofuel day with the theme Biofuels towards Atmanirbhar Bharat.

World Biofuel Day is observed every year on 10th August to create awareness about the importance of non-fossil fuels as an alternative to conventional fossil fuels.

Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Tarun Kapoor said that there is large amount of agricultural residues available in the country and therefore the scope of producing Biofuels is immense.

He said that there are three major areas of Biofuels- Ethanol, Bio-diesel and Biogas.

He added, if these three sources are exploited, dependence on import of crude and also gas can be reduced to a very large extent.