Node 01 — The Company
Petron Scientech Inc — Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Founded 1991. CEO: Yogendra Sarin. Offices in New Jersey, Portugal and India. Over 100 global patents. Described by industry as the global market leader in ethanol-to-ethylene technology. Specialises in grain processing biorefineries producing ethanol, bio-ethylene and DDGS as co-products. Petron’s own website explicitly documents DDGS extraction as a co-product of its corn milling and processing technology.
Princeton, NJ
Est. 1991
100+ Global Patents
Source: petronscientech.com/technologies
Node 02 — The Patent Acquisition
Petron Acquires DuPont’s Cellulosic Ethanol Technology — October 2019
Petron’s subsidiary Sustainable Technology Corporation completed acquisition of DuPont’s complete cellulosic ethanol technology assets — including all patents and the proprietary Zymomonas bacteria strains. DuPont originally invested over $200 million developing this technology at a plant in Nevada, Iowa. This technology converts cellulosic biomass — including DDGS — back into ethanol. Peer-reviewed science confirms DDGS is a viable cellulosic feedstock for this conversion. This is the one capability no Indian company possesses.
DuPont Patents Acquired
Converts DDGS → Ethanol
Source: C&EN Oct 2019 · Renewable Carbon News · ScienceDirect
Node 03 — India Entry
Petron Signs 50:50 JV MoU with GAIL India — August 21, 2024
GAIL (India) Limited — a Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprise with 51.92% Government of India ownership — signed a JV MoU with Petron Scientech Inc to jointly explore setting up a 500,000 tonne per annum bio-ethylene plant in India, based on bioethanol. Petron is described in the official GAIL press release as specialising in biomass and grain processing biorefinery projects.
JV Structure
50:50 Joint Venture
Plant Capacity
500,000 Tonnes/Year
Indian Partner
GAIL India — 51.92% GOI owned
BioChem USA Affiliate
Developing ethanol projects in India now
GAIL Official Press Release
Business Standard, Aug 22 2024
Node 04 — Political Access
Petron is Technology Partner at Government Ethanol Conference — Gadkari as Chief Guest
Petron Scientech Inc USA served as technology partner at an Indian government ethanol conference. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav were listed as chief guests. A US company whose business model depends on grain-based ethanol feedstock and DDGS processing had direct access to India’s most vocal ethanol promoter — at a government event. While Gadkari made public statements about E20, Piyush Goyal was quietly executing trade agreements in the background.
Gadkari — Chief Guest
Bhupendra Yadav — Chief Guest
Source: @haryannvi, X (Twitter)
Node 05 — The Manufactured Shortage
The E20 Programme Created the Feed Shortage It Then Used to Justify DDGS Imports
Maize was 0% of India’s ethanol feedstock in ESY 2017-18. By ESY 2025-26 it is 45.68% — confirmed by government data. The E20 programme diverted 5–6 million tonnes of maize annually from animal feed to fuel distilleries. This diversion created the animal feed shortage. The government then used that self-created shortage as justification for importing US DDGS. The White House Joint Statement of February 6, 2026 commits India to quota-based duty concessions on US DDGS. Piyush Goyal confirmed this at his press conference on February 7, 2026 — with no defined quota volume, no named regulator, and no clause preventing DDGS reprocessing into ethanol.
Maize — ESY 2017-18
0% of ethanol feedstock
Maize — ESY 2025-26
45.68% of ethanol feedstock
Maize Diverted
5–6 million tonnes/year from animal feed
US DDGS — GMO Risk
Over 90% of US corn is GMO (USDA confirmed)
White House Joint Statement Feb 6 2026
Goyal Press Conference Feb 7 2026
AIDA President Statement Feb 8 2026
Node 06 — The Export Contradiction
India Was Exporting 287,593 Metric Tonnes of DDGS in 2024 — While Claiming a Shortage
DDGS is an automatic byproduct of India’s own grain-based ethanol production. Every maize-processing distillery in India produces DDGS as a co-product. India was not merely self-sufficient in DDGS — India was exporting it in rapidly growing volumes to Vietnam, Nepal and Bangladesh. India’s grain-based ethanol plants were projected to supply 3.2 million metric tonnes of DDGS domestically in 2024-25, rising to 4.2 million metric tonnes in 2025-26. The government simultaneously claimed a DDGS shortage requiring US imports. This contradiction has no credible explanation.
| Year |
Maize DDGS Exports |
Rice DDGS Exports |
Key Destinations |
| 2022 |
30 MT |
12,064 MT |
Minimal |
| 2023 |
20,847 MT |
Growing |
Vietnam, Nepal |
| 2024 |
287,593 MT |
60,296 MT |
Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh |
The President of the All India Distillers’ Association stated publicly on February 8, 2026 that US DDGS — being GMO-derived — will undercut Indian non-GMO domestic producers. Plants already receiving lower OMC allocations than their installed capacity will face further viability pressure. The farmer’s income absorbs that pressure.
Source: GEMA / APEDA Export Data
ChiniMandi, Jan 2025
AIDA President, ChiniMandi, Feb 8 2026
Node 07 — Indigenous Capability Confirmed
India Had Full Domestic DDGS Production Capability — No American Company Was Required
VSJ Ventures LTD researched every major domestic DDGS producer in India. Every company below was producing and supplying DDGS independently, without any American technology partner, without any foreign licence, without any DuPont patent. These companies were doing this work perfectly for years. India’s DDGS market was valued at $2,500 million in 2024, projected to reach $5,000 million by 2035.
IFB Agro Industries
Est. 1982 · Kolkata · IFB Newgen DDGS brand
Gulshan Polyols
30 years · Muzaffarnagar · 8 plants nationally
Nutrigo Feeds
SSL Group · Northern India · Exports globally
KRIBHCO Agri
Hazira plant · Planning DDGS exports to Iran
Energen Biotech
Gujarat · Expanded 200 KLPD June 2025
Modi Naturals
Raipur · Expanded 2025
There is precisely one thing none of these Indian companies possess: the exotic patent — acquired from DuPont — that converts DDGS back into ethanol. That patent is held exclusively by Petron Scientech Inc, Princeton, New Jersey. India did not need this American company for DDGS production. India did not need this American company for ethanol production. The only function Petron provides that India cannot provide itself is the clandestine conversion of imported US DDGS back into ethanol.
All Companies — Zero American Partners
All Independently Produced and Exported DDGS
Source: Mordor Intelligence · S&P Global · BioEnergy Times 2025
Node 08 — The Invisible Hand
India Also Imports US Ethanol Despite Having Nearly Double the Domestic Capacity It Needs
India’s ethanol production capacity reached 1,990 crore litres. OMC tender for ESY 2025-26 was 1,050 crore litres. Manufacturers offered 1,776 crore litres. India has 1.7x more ethanol supply than OMCs need. And yet India simultaneously imports US ethanol classified as “industrial.” The same invisible hand that allowed US ethanol entry under the cover of industrial use is now allowing US DDGS entry under the cover of animal feed shortage. Both decisions bypass the domestic surplus. Both decisions benefit the same supply chain. Both are derived from the same maize surplus the US cannot sell elsewhere.
India Ethanol Capacity
1,990 crore litres
OMC Requirement
1,050 crore litres
Surplus Ratio
Supply is 1.7x what is needed
Guatemala Precedent
US playbook: E10 mandate → DDGS clause → GMO entry
Guatemala Trade Deal — One Week Before India
Source: US Grains Council · @raghavwadhwa ESY Data
Node 09 — The Distraction
The ARAI Report Was Never the Story. The Comical Statements Were Never the Story. Goyal Was the Execution.
While India’s public attention was consumed by a withheld ARAI report — a report the government controls, narrates and can release on its own terms to produce whatever conclusion it requires — and while palpable public friction was generated by near-comical statements from the minister responsible for roads — and while the minister directly responsible for petroleum was conspicuously, systematically absent from this entire narrative — Piyush Goyal was working in the background. Quietly. Methodically. With the precision of clockwork.
The withheld report was never the moot point. The comical statements were never the story. We believe they were the distraction. And Goyal was the execution. The entire E20 programme, when examined in totality, appears designed to achieve one objective: to open India’s doors to US GM corn by any mechanism, under any label, through any channel available.
ARAI Report — Government Controlled — Never the Point
Petroleum Minister — Conspicuously Absent
VSJ Ventures LTD — June 28, 2026
The Question That Has No Comfortable Answer
India was producing DDGS. India was exporting DDGS. India had full indigenous capability. India had no DDGS shortage. The shortage was created by E20. The solution allows in a US company with DuPont’s DDGS-to-ethanol patents, a JV with a government enterprise, and an affiliate building Indian biorefineries. Under what pressure and compulsion were the hands of the Indian government forced to allow the import of DDGS?
@PiyushGoyal — Three Possibilities
One — Hands Forced
Geopolitical pressure left no choice. The US demanded it as part of the broader trade framework. India had no option. Say it. India will understand.
Correctable if acknowledged.
Two — Eyes Closed
You did not see the full consequences of what you signed. The Petron connection, the DuPont patents, the DDGS export data, the indigenous capability — none of it was visible to you at the time. Say it. It is correctable.
Correctable if acknowledged.
Three — Fully Aware. Signed Anyway.
You were aware of the chain of consequences and signed regardless. We sincerely hope it is not the third. India deserves answers. Indian farmers deserve answers.
India deserves answers. Indian farmers deserve answers.
VSJ Ventures LTD — Documented Conclusion — The DDGS Lie
Every link in this chain is documented and sourced. India was producing DDGS. India was exporting DDGS in exponentially growing volumes — 30 MT in 2022, 287,593 MT in 2024. India had full indigenous capability through companies producing independently for decades. India had no DDGS shortage. The shortage was manufactured by the E20 programme’s own maize diversion. The government then used that self-manufactured shortage to justify US DDGS imports derived from GM corn that India has banned.
Simultaneously, an American company with DuPont’s patent to convert DDGS back into ethanol was given a 50:50 JV with a Government of India enterprise. Its affiliate is building biorefineries in India. The same company processed DDGS as a co-product at government conferences attended by India’s most vocal ethanol ministers.
The DDGS import clause in the February 2026 India-US trade deal is not a humanitarian gesture to Indian farmers. It is a supply chain insertion point. The ARAI report was the distraction. The Gadkari statements were the noise. Piyush Goyal was the execution.
Our full research is publicly available at:
e20report16june2026.vsjv.link