International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277 - 2502 1 4 2012 April 2 Biofuels: Indian Energy Scenario 88 90 EN Pascal C. 1 Laboratoire d’Etude et de Recherche en Chimie Appiquée (LERCA), Ecoe Poytechnique d'Abomey-Calavi (EPAC), Universit� d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC), 01 BP 2009 Cotonou, REPUBLIC OF BENIN Agbangnan D. 2 Institut Pluridisciplinaire de Recherche sur l�Environnement et les Mat�riaux (IPREM), Universit� de Pau et des Pays de l�Adour (UPPA), UMR 5254 Technopole H�lioparc, 2 avenue du pr�sident d�Angot 64053 PAU Cedex, FRANCE Christine Tachon 3 Institut des Sciences Mol�culaires (ISM), Universit� de Bordeaux 1, CNRS UMR 5255 Batiment A12, 351 cours de la lib�ration, 33405TALENCE cedex, FRANCE Justine Dangou 4 Anna Chrostowska 5 Fouquet Eric 6 DominiqueC.K. Sohounhloue 7 Srivastava K.P. 1 Ganga Singh College, Jai Prakash University, Chapra-841 301, Bihar, INDIA Singh VikashKumar 2 Balamuralitharan S. 1 Department of Mathematics, Sri Ramanujar Engineering College, Chennai-48, INDIA Rajasekaran S. 2 Professor and COE, Department of Mathematics, BS Abdur Rahman University, Chennai-48, INDIA Nwajei G.E. 1 Dept. of Chemistry, Delta State University Abraka, NIGERIA Okwagi P. 2 Dept. of Chemistry, College of Education Agbor, NIGERIA Nwajei R.I. 3 Dept. of Botany, Delta State University, Abraka, NIGERIA Obi-Iyeke G.E. 4 Yousefi Z 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, IRAN VefaAkpinar M. 2 Civil Engineering Department, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, TURKEY AntonyRavindran A. 1 Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Dept. of Geology, Geophysical Research Lab, V.O. Chidambaram College, Thoothukudi, INDIA PebamNganthoiba Mangang 1 School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai-400088, INDIA Abbasian S. 1 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, IRAN Attarzadeh S.R. 2 Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahid Montazeri University of Mashhad, Mashhad, IRAN Darzabi T. 3 Momeni M. 4 Dev Nikhil 1 YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, INDIA Attri Rajesh 2 Gateway Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sonipat, Haryana, INDIA Mittal Vijay 3 University Institute of Engineering and Technology, M.D. University Rohtak, Haryana, INDIA Kumar Sandeep 4 Mohit 5 Satyapal 6 Kumar Pardeep 7 Motegaonkar ManoramaB. 1 Azad College Ausa, MS, INDIA SalunkeShridar D. 2 Rajarshi Shahu College, Latur, MS, INDIA Amanchi NageswaraRao 1 Protozoology and Environmental Toxicology Unit, Department of Zoology Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, INDIA Mohd.Masood Hussain 2 Bhatt TarunKumar 1 Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh, INDIA Sharma D.C. 1 School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Sciences Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh Ajmer, INDIA Iyer K. 1 School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute Technology, Vellore, TamilNadu, INDIA Khan Z.A. 2 Pathak C. 1 School of Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar-382 007, Gujarat, INDIA Mandalia H.C. 2 R&D Centre, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizer Company Ltd. (GNFC), Narmadanagar-392015, Bharuch, Gujarat, INDIA Rupala Y.M. 3 > Review Paper 2012 2 13 2012 April 2 Energy is a basic requirement for economic development. This growing consumption of energy has also resulted in the country becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas. The country urgently needs to develop a sustainable path of energy development. Biofuels seems to have the potential to contribute significantly to India’s energy security. However, a clear choice needs to be made on priorities. Copyright@ International Science Community Association