India is introducing a mandatory blending roadmap for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), starting with a 1% requirement for international flights in January 2027. The government aims to scale this to 2% by 2028 and 5% by 2030 to meet obligations under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Production is scaling up through public sector companies, with Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum commissioning SAF units by the end of 2026. These facilities will utilize feedstocks such as used cooking oil and alcohol-to-jet pathways to meet an estimated demand of 380,000 tonnes by 2030.
