It is a paradox that with a rich natural biomass
resource that can be converted in to renewable energy, the import
trade of the country for petroleum product remains exorbitant.
Hence the search for new alternative source for fuel from nature,
that is renewable, safe and non-polluting has become a part of
innovative research today. Even though, different research agencies
of the country have made several attempts in the production
of biodiesel from oil crops under national mission on biodiesel by
ministry of rural development, none of them have come out at
commercial level with accepted technical feasibility with that of
diesel