India plans Sustainable Aviation Fuel blending mandate from 2027
Quick dive
- India is expected to mandate 1% SAF blending for international flights in 2027, rising to 2% in 2028 and 5% in 2030.
- CORSIA enters its mandatory phase from 2027 and requires international aviation emissions to be managed against 2019 levels.
- India's airlines may face an annual offsetting liability of about five million tonnes of CO₂, estimated at $50–75 million at the cited credit prices.
- Indian Oil's Panipat refinery is preparing 30,000 tonnes of capacity using used cooking oil co-processing and an alcohol-to-jet pathway.
- exam_relevance: tests CORSIA, SAF feedstocks, carbon offsets and the aviation-sector transition; the article supplies a precise mandate trajectory and liability estimate rather than a generic climate theme.
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