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- Gulshan Polyols Limited manufactures and markets grain-based specialty products, ethanol and bio-fuels, and mineral processing outputs including precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), ground calcium carbonate (GCC), and activated calcium carbonate (ACC); its grain processing segment produces starch and derivatives such as sorbitol 70%, maltodextrin, high fructose rice syrup, native maize starch powder, organic sweeteners, corn gluten, corn germ, rice protein, corn steep liquor, and enriched fiber for agro-based animal feed; the distillery division supplies ethanol for biofuel blending, country liquor, and Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) brands, while mineral operations include on-site PCC plants for paper mills; the company serves industries including food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, paper, adhesives, and animal nutrition with exports to over 40 countries across three continents. Founded in 1981 as Gulshan Sugars & Chemicals Limited and demerged in 2000 to form the current entity listed on BSE and NSE, Gulshan Polyols maintains its registered office in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, with a corporate office in New Delhi and manufacturing facilities in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Assam. Recent developments include the commercial launch of a 250 KLPD grain-based ethanol plant in Goalpara, Assam, on June 15, 2024, enhancing biofuel capacity and supporting India's ethanol blending targets; securing a Rs 1,184.86 crore contract in October 2025 to supply 175,652 kiloliters of ethanol to oil marketing companies (OMCs) like IOCL, BPCL, HPCL, and MRPL for Ethanol Supply Year 2025-26; signing a May 2025 MoU with the Government of Assam for Rs 2 per liter production incentive on ethanol; receiving Production Linked Fiscal Assistance of Rs 5.38 crore for FY2023-24 from MP Industrial Development Corporation and approvals under Madhya Pradesh's Single Location Energy Consumer scheme for ethanol-linked subsidies, electricity tariff exemptions, and tax reimbursements through 2030; and announcing plans to double production capacity by FY2027 through expansions in specialty chemicals, grain processing, green methanol, carbon capture, and potential bio-diesel, alongside extending exports to over 35 countries.