Crude $117 ke paas, E100 ka raasta sahi — par gaadiyan aur pump kab aayenge?
Khaadi mein jang se tel mehnga hai aur India apni zaroorat ka bada hissa import karta hai. E100 ko kanooni manzoori sahi kadam hai, lekin asli farq tab padega jab flex-fuel gaadiyan aur E100 pump aam aadmi ki pahunch mein honge.
Reuters ki report ke mutabik Somvaar ko Brent crude lagbhag $117 prati barrel par tha — six-month high ke kareeb. Yemen ke Houthis ne Saudi Arabia ki East-West pipeline ke pumping stations aur Riyadh airport par hamlon ka daava kiya hai, aur October ko Strait of Hormuz ke aas-paas commercial shipping par hamlon ke lihaaz se record par sabse bura mahina bataya gaya hai. India jaise bade importer ke liye har dollar ki badhat ka matlab hai mehnga import bill aur mehngaai ka dabav.
Pichhle hafte jaari notification ke zariye Centre ne Central Motor Vehicles Rules mein sanshodhan karke E100, yaani 100% ethanol, ko flex-fuel gaadiyon ke liye manzoori de di. Business Today ki report ke mutabik desh ki urja zaroorat ka lagbhag 88% hissa crude import se poora hota hai, aur India E20 blending ka lakshya pehle hi haasil kar chuka hai. Is lihaaz se E100 ka framework bilkul sahi samay par aaya hai.
Lekin niyam banana pehla kadam bhar hai. E100 sirf unhi gaadiyon mein chal sakta hai jinhe company ne flex-fuel ke roop mein design aur certify kiya ho — aam petrol ya E20 gaadiyon mein nahi. Abhi aisi gaadiyan bazaar mein gini-chuni hain, aur E100 bechne wale pump ka network bhi taiyar nahi. Saath hi ethanol ke liye ganna aur anaaj ka istemaal paani aur khaadya suraksha par sawaal uthata hai, jinpar imaandaar bahas zaroori hai.
Hamari raay hai ki sarkar ko ab teen cheezon par saaf roadmap dena chahiye: flex-fuel gaadiyon par tax rahat, E100 pump ka samaybaddh vistaar, aur ethanol ke liye second-generation (krishi kachre se bane) source ko badhava. Tel ke jhatke baar-baar aayenge; unse bachne ka tikaau raasta gharelu indhan hi hai — bas yeh kaagaz se sadak tak pahunchna chahiye.