Karnataka EBP sample results lack credibility: Pralhad Joshi
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- ✓Pralhad Joshi questioned the credibility of Karnataka’s ethanol in petrol test results on Monday night.
- ✓He said the state used unapproved labs and flawed sampling methods.
- ✓"They do not mention the test method, calibration, dilution or reference sample," Joshi noted.
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Joshi questioned the sampling and testing procedures followed by Karnataka, arguing that the laboratories involved were not among those approved under the notified guidelines.
The Minister New & Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi attacked the Karnataka government's findings on percentage of ethanol in petrol claiming that the requisite procedures for sampling and testing were not followed.
"The Karnataka certificates state only "Ethanol % by Gas Chromatography". They do not mention the test method, calibration, dilution or reference sample," Joshi, who is also the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, said on X late Monday night.
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