Reuters: India has spent about 410 million rupees on research and development on alternative fuels during the last three years, junior minister for new and renewable energy, Vilas Muttemwar, said on Friday. The ministry has been given the responsibility for preparing the national policy on bio-fuels and setting up of a National Bio-fuel Development Board, he told lawmakers in the lower house of parliament, an official statement said. The draft policy, aims at promoting the cultivation, …