Less than 0.5% ethanol produced in sons' factory: Gadkari on 'conflict of interest' claim
Union minister Nitin Gadkari rejected the "conflict of interest" allegations levelled against him in the ethanol blending policy. "The government buys 1,400 crore tonne of ethanol. We had a sugar factory run by my sons before ethanol came and alcohol was produced in it," he said, adding, "In the total supply, less than 0.5% accounted for ethanol."