Q. Name the industrial byproducts produced during oil refining which recently got banned by the Indian government :

A
Petcoke
B
Cement mortar
C
Vanadium
D
Bunker fuel
Solution:

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has banned import of petcoke for use as fuel. But it has allowed its import of only for use as feedstock in some select industries such as cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries. These industries were earlier affected by petcoke-related policy flip-flops, which began after Supreme Court judgment (October 2017) banning use its in and around New Delhi to curb pollution.

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