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ompetition for the raw material between the two industries. Moreover this competition may result in the increased prices of the raw sugarcane that will affect the cost of production of sugar as well as biofuels negatively.

Therefore it is essential to change the direction of this industry towards the non edible raw materials, for example Jatropha seeds. The investors should invest to enhance the cultivation of the Jatropha on the large scale so that it is easily available on large scale and can meet the requirements of the biofuel industry.

An important recommendation in this regard is to spare the agricultural lands from the cultivation of the crops that are used for biofuel production and maximize the utilization of waste lands for this purpose. In this way the food security of the country will no be threatened by the biofuel industry. This is a crucial issue for the Indian biofuel industry because a vast land is required for the production of the biomass for its development.

Investors should ensure the higher returns to the small scale farmers, only then they will be ready to cultivate the biofuel crops. There is a need of investment on this area as well if this industry has to thrive in India. To obtain this end with ease and convenience, investors should launch programs of awareness among the masses about the biofuel and biomass. Especially the rural areas should be focused in these mass awareness programs, the biofuel crops such as Jatropha has not been a conventionally cultivated crop in India. Therefore, farmers should be provided wit the technical and financial support for starting successful cultivation of these crops.

For profitable production of biofuels, the investors and stakeholders should provide soft or interest free loans to the small scale farmers. They should also make sure that the quality seed of high yielding varieties of biofuel crops is easily available to the farmers, crop insurance schemes and other incentives may be introduced to increase the productivity and profitability of the biofuel industry. For the development of this industry, government of India should make new policy to ensure the purchase of biofuel crop from the farmer and biodiesel or ethanol from the manufacturer at a specified price.

The data obtained from the literature review has indicated that biofuel crops other than the sugarcane and promising technologies for manufacturing biodiesel and ethanol should be tried at a experimental and commercial scale. Those crops should be preferred which require less inputs in terms of energy and give maximum yield, moreover the crops with higher energy conversion efficiency should be given preference.

The government should devise a policy to enhance communication between the central and state governments in order to speed up the process of registration of biofuel manufacturers and permission for the new firms, lack of communication between the two governments causes a delay in the clearance of new firms, for this purpose one window operation should be launched if India wants to achieve the goal of 20 % blending of biodiesel in conventional diesel.

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