Sugar Industry : Issues and Recommendation

2nd largest agro-based Industry in India after Cotton industry

Produced from

1. Sugarcane (India - 2nd largest producer after Brazil)
2. Sugar-beet
3. any other crop having sugar content

India - 2nd largest producer (~17%) after Brazil

Production (1/3rd) --> Sugar Mills --> Sugar, Bagasse, Molasses 

Production (2/3rd) --> Gur and Khandsari

Problems for the Industry

1. Low Yield
2. Short crushing season
3. Small and uneconomic size of mills
4. Old & obsolete machinery
5. Faulty Govt. Policies

Rangarajan Committee

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