ISMA unveils the 6th edition of ISMA Times, sharing insights on the future direction of sugar and bioenergy. #ISMA #AGM2025 #SugarIndustry

Dussehra celebrates the triumph of good over evil and reminds us that every victory brings the promise of a new beginning. From the sweetness of sugarcane to the joy of festive celebrations, may this Dussehra bring prosperity to our farmers, happiness to every home, and sweetness to every celebration. Wishing everyone a happy and prosperous Dussehra! #ISMA #HappyDussehra #Vijayadashami #Sugarcane #SugarIndustry #Farmers #FestiveSeason #SweetnessOfCelebration

From cane fields to festive tables, every celebration has a story of its own. As Navratri begins and Diwali approaches, India’s sugar season brings together farmers, mills, and the sweet traditions that make our festivities special. Here’s to a season filled with sweetness, prosperity, and new beginnings. Wishing everyone a sweet and joyful festive season! #ISMA #SugarIndustry #Sugarcane #Farmers #FestiveSeason #Navratri #Diwali #IndianTraditions #SugarSeason

Timely decisions can play an important role in strengthening India’s sugarcane sector and ensuring festive seasonsugar availability. Mills have taken proactive step with 55 sugar mills already operational across Maharashtra, the early start highlights the industry’s preparedness and the close coordination between mills and farmers. As India enters a new sugar season, such efforts remain important in supporting farmer livelihoods, strengthening supply chains, and ensuring adequate sugar availability. #Sugarcane #SugarIndustry #Farmers #SugarSeason #Maharashtra #Agriculture

India’s sugarcane and bioenergy ecosystem could play a role in shaping the future of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). With India exploring pathways to decarbonise aviation, Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology offers a potential route to convert ethanol into aviation fuel. A pilot project inaugurated in 2024 marked an important step in exploring this pathway. NITI Aayog’s Net Zero Scenario projects SAF demand in India could reach *32 billion litres by 2070*. While this is a long-term projection, it points to the scale of the opportunity ahead. For the sugar industry, the emerging SAF landscape opens up new possibilities for technology, value addition and the wider bioenergy ecosystem. #SAF #SustainableAviationFuel #Ethanol #Bioenergy #SugarIndustry #EnergyTransition #ISMA

India’s pathway to Sustainable Aviation Fuel must begin with the realities of Indian agriculture. 🌱✈️ As part of SAF Horizon: Building Capacity for a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition, ISMA, in partnership with the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), conducted a farmer training programme to strengthen awareness of sustainability across India’s emerging sugarcane-to-SAF value chain. Over the past year, the ISMA × RSB partnership has focused on building capacity for a credible and inclusive SAF ecosystem in India. The journey began with training mill management on sustainability principles and certification requirements, followed by a gap assessment to understand how existing sustainability frameworks align with the realities of Indian sugarcane cultivation, farming practices and the structure of India’s sugar industry. A sustainability framework cannot follow a one-size-fits-all approach across countries. India’s agricultural landscape, predominantly smallholder farming systems and established farmer-mill relationships call for solutions that are informed by local realities and adapted to the Indian context. The gap assessment was therefore an important step towards identifying practical pathways for sustainability certification that work for India. The farmer training brings this journey to its most crucial stakeholder: the Indian farmer. By building awareness of sustainable agricultural practices and their relevance to SAF certification, the initiative aims to place farmers at the heart of India’s clean aviation transition. As India explores the potential of sugarcane-based feedstocks for SAF, building a sustainable ecosystem means looking beyond the fuel itself to the people, practices and partnerships that make its production possible. A just energy transition must not only be sustainable by design, but also relevant to the people who power it. #ISMA #RSB #SAF #SustainableAviationFuel #SAFHorizon #IndianAgriculture #Sugarcane #Sustainability #EnergyTransition #Farmers

Ethanol is more than a fuel. It’s part of a stronger sugarcane economy. When sugar production exceeds demand, surplus stocks can tie up working capital for sugar mills. Ethanol offers an additional avenue for sugar utilisation, helping improve mill liquidity and support timely payments to sugarcane farmers. As of 20 August 2026, 97% of sugarcane dues for the 2025–26 season had been paid, highlighting the importance of a financially resilient sugar sector. The connection between ethanol, mill viability and farmer prosperity is an important part of India’s evolving sugarcane story. #TheEthanolStory #Ethanol #Sugarcane #FarmerProsperity #BioEnergy

ISMA at London Sugar Week 2026 🇬🇧 ISMA was represented at the London Sugar Dinner by Niraj Shirgaokar (President), Madhav B. Shriram (Vice President) and Deepak Ballani (Director General), carrying the perspective of the Indian sugar industry to the table. The event provided an excellent opportunity to engage with leading international sugar trading houses and industry stakeholders on the global sugar outlook, evolving market dynamics and future prospects for the sugar sector. With India entering a new sugar season, discussions were particularly relevant in the context of climate change and the potential impact of El Niño on monsoon patterns, sugarcane yields and global sugar production. The implications for India’s sugar balance and international trade flows will be important factors to watch in the coming months. These interactions offered valuable perspectives on the uncertainties and opportunities facing the global sugar industry, while reinforcing the importance of closer engagement and collaboration among producers, traders and other stakeholders. As the new season unfolds, continued monitoring of weather patterns, crop developments and global supply-demand trends will be critical in assessing the outlook for both the Indian and international sugar markets. #LondonSugarWeek #SugarIndustry #ISMA #GlobalTrade

ISMA Strengthens Commitment to Sugarcane Innovation and Farmer Prosperity ISMA, through the Indian Sugar Exim Corporation (ISEC), a joint representative body of ISMA and NFCSF, has partnered with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to advance sugarcane research, breeding and varietal development in India. The landmark MoU focuses on developing high-yielding, high-recovery and climate-resilient sugarcane varieties, strengthening access to quality planting material and leveraging advanced agricultural technologies. A key highlight is the proposed establishment of a Global Centre of Excellence for Sugarcane Breeding at ICAR–SBI, Coimbatore. The partnership reflects ISMA's continued commitment to accelerating innovation, enhancing farm productivity and ensuring better profitability and sustainable incomes for sugarcane farmers. #ISMA #ICAR #NFCSF #Sugarcane #AgriculturalInnovation #FarmerProsperity

25 Years of Public Service. One Vision: Nation First. 🇮🇳 ISMA congratulates Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji on completing 25 years as Head of Government (2001–2026). Leading a nation of nearly 1.5 billion people and the world’s largest democracy is a responsibility of extraordinary scale. Over the years, India has witnessed significant shifts across infrastructure, digitalisation, manufacturing, social development and the transition towards cleaner and more secure sources of energy. For the sugar and bioenergy sector, the growing policy focus on ethanol, biofuels, energy security and sustainable mobility has created new opportunities to connect agricultural prosperity with India’s clean-energy ambitions. On this milestone, ISMA extends its best wishes to the Hon’ble Prime Minister for continued strength and success in serving the nation. 25 Years. One Vision. Nation First. #PMModi #25YearsOfPublicService #ViksitBharat #EnergySecurity #ISMA

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India’s mobility landscape is evolving and so are the frameworks shaping it. From the introduction of CAFE norms to the upcoming CAFE-III framework, India’s approach to vehicle efficiency is moving towards greater fuel efficiency, lower emissions and technology flexibility. For the ethanol ecosystem, this evolution matters. It creates space for technologies such as ethanol-powered and flex-fuel vehicles to be part of India’s broader mobility transition. The ethanol story is moving beyond blending and into the future of mobility. #TheEthanolStory #Ethanol #CAFEIII #FlexFuel #CleanMobility #EnergyTransition #BioEnergy #DeshKaFuel

Some legacies only grow sweeter with time. On Gandhi Jayanti, we remember Mahatma Gandhi and the timeless values of truth, simplicity and compassion that continue to inspire generations. A legacy that reminds us that meaningful change often begins with the simplest of actions. #GandhiJayanti #MahatmaGandhi #Truth #Simplicity #ISMA

India’s CBG ecosystem is entering a new phase of scale and certainty. The GOBARdhan scheme brings together key elements needed to strengthen the CBG value chain, from guaranteed offtake and predictable pricing to long-term policy support and production expansion. With a target to increase domestic CBG production ten-fold, the scheme creates greater visibility for producers while supporting the wider transition from organic waste to clean energy. For the sugar and bio-energy sector, this opens up new opportunities to convert agricultural and organic waste into value, strengthen rural economies and contribute to India’s energy security. From waste to energy. From opportunity to impact. #GOBARdhan #CBG #CompressedBiogas #BioEnergy #CircularEconomy #CleanEnergy #EnergySecurity #RuralEconomy #Agriculture #Ethanol #ViksitBharat

ISMA welcomes the official launch of the GOBARdhan Scheme at Bharat Mandapam, a major step towards creating a stronger, more predictable and globally competitive Compressed Biogas (CBG) ecosystem in India. With a total outlay of ₹23,731 crore for FY 2026–27 to FY 2035–36, the Scheme brings together assured offtake, stable pricing, capital assistance, pipeline connectivity, credit support and ecosystem development under one integrated framework. The Government aims to drive nearly 10-fold growth in domestic CBG production. Key messages from the launch Hon’ble Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, of Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas highlighted the significance of the ₹2,110/MMBtu administered CBG price, noting that it is around 30% higher than the global average price. This provides stronger revenue visibility and creates a more supportive economic framework for scaling up domestic CBG production. Shri Neeraj Mittal, Secretary, MoPNG called upon key players across the CBG ecosystem to maximise the benefits of the GOBARdhan Scheme and collectively work towards making India’s CBG sector the most competitive globally.The six pillars of GOBARdhan Assured Offtake, Pricing Framework, Capital Assistance, Pipeline Infrastructure, Credit Guarantee Support and Ecosystem Challenge Fund provide an integrated foundation for scaling India’s CBG ecosystem. Shri Alok Kumar, Joint Secretary, MoPNG provided a detailed overview of the Scheme and its implementation framework, highlighting how this scheme work to address the key requirements of the CBG industry ISMA sincerely thanks Hon’ble Minister Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Secretary Shri Neeraj Mittal, Joint Secretary Shri Alok Kumar and the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for their leadership and continued efforts towards strengthening India’s CBG and bioenergy ecosystem. GOBARdhan can provide the foundation for India to emerge as a globally competitive CBG production hub. #GOBARdhan #CBG #Bioenergy #CompressedBiogas #CircularEconomy #RenewableEnergy #EnergySecurity #WasteToWealth #MoPNG

A positive step for India’s ethanol and clean mobility journey ISMA welcomes the final notification of the CAFE III norms by the Ministry of Power, with continued recognition of ethanol-based mobility through Carbon Neutrality Factors and Volume Derogation Factors for ethanol and flex-fuel vehicles. The framework provides an important regulatory push to scale flex-fuel mobility, unlock greater utilisation of India’s growing ethanol capacity, reduce fossil-fuel dependence and strengthen the country’s energy security and resilience. As India moves beyond E20, a supportive policy ecosystem can help accelerate the next phase of ethanol-led clean mobility. #ISMA #CAFEIII #Ethanol #FlexFuel #CleanMobility #EnergySecurity #Bioenergy #AtmanirbharBharat

India’s biofuels journey is about much more than blending ethanol. It is about building a stronger, more resilient rural economy. At the U.S.-India Biofuels Summit 2026, Deepak Ballani, Director General, ISMA, joined the panel on “Ethanol’s Impact on Rural Economies” to highlight how India’s ethanol programme is creating a powerful link between energy security, farmer prosperity and the low-carbon transition. From supporting timely payments to sugarcane farmers and reducing crude oil dependence, to unlocking new opportunities in FFVs, SAF and CBG, India’s next phase of biofuels growth can transform its abundant biomass into a strategic economic and energy asset. As India looks ahead, the opportunity is to move from ethanol blending to integrated bio-refineries, where every tonne of biomass delivers greater value through ethanol, SAF, CBG, cogeneration and other bio-based products. From Annadata to Urjadatta to Indhandatta, India’s farmers are increasingly becoming partners in powering the nation’s energy transition. #USIndiaBiofuelsSummit2026 #Biofuels #Ethanol #EnergySecurity #Farmers #RuralEconomy #SAF #CBG #ISMA

What’s the latest on sugar prices and what lies ahead for Sugar Season 2026–27? In this conversation with CNBC, Deepak Ballani, Director General, ISMA, shares his perspective on the recent correction in sugar prices, closing stocks and the expected availability of new-season sugar from October. Looking ahead, he highlights the importance of September and early-October rainfall in determining the crop outlook, with greater clarity on the 2026–27 season expected by the second or third week of October. Watch the full conversation for insights on the season ahead. #ISMAIndia #SugarIndustry #SugarSeason202627 #SugarPrices #Sugarcane #Farmers #Ethanol #BioEnergy