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The first formal notification, dated September 3, 2002, under the Vajpayee government, confirmed that ethanol-blended fuel was already being piloted in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh by mid-2001.

E20’s roots trace back to 2001 as RTI reveals Vajpayee-era push for ethanol fuel

by Ashok Upadhyay |Sep 15, 2025

A major milestone came on January 3, 2013, when the UPA invoked the Essential Commodities Act to direct oil companies to retail petrol with up to 10% ethanol — establishing ethanol as a national fuel ...

Overseas education costs India Rs 29,000 crore in 2023–24 alone, nearly 10 IITs worth

Indians sent Rs 1.76 lakh crore abroad over a decade for overseas education: Report

by Ashok Upadhyay |Aug 14, 2025

The annual remittance for education has surged nearly 1,200% over the last ten years, starting from Rs 2,429 crore a decade ago and peaking at Rs 29,171 crore in 2022–23

India logs millions of deaths, but Aadhaar deactivations total just 1.15 crore

Aadhaar still active for the dead: RTI reveals just 1.15 crore deactivations in 14 years

by Ashok Upadhyay |Jul 16, 2025

As of June 2025, UIDAI data shows that 142.39 crore Aadhaar numbers remain active.

Loans to corporate entities: Are public sector banks evading the RTI Act?

by Ashok Upadhyay |Mar 25, 2018

At a time when the banks are staring at Rs 9.5 lakh-crore worth of gross non-performing assets (NPAs), an RTI query into how much money the corporate entities owe to the public sector banks in the...