Sugar industry of India

Sugar has been produced in the Indian subcontinent since ancient times and then it spread to other parts of the world. Sugarcane is a native of tropical Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.[1] In India, sugarcane is planted thrice a year in October, March and July depending on part of the country.[2] Most of the sugar production in India takes at local Cooperative Sugar mills.[3][4] After gaining Independence, India made serious plans for overall industrial development of sugar industry.[5]

Sugar cane cutting

Market
Sugarcane weighing at sugar mill

Sugar industry is a big business in India. Around 525 mills produced more than 30 million tonnes of sugar in the last crushing season[6], which lasted from October to April. This makes it the world's largest producer, unseating Brazil. Some 50 million farmers and millions of more workers, are involved in sugarcane farming.[7] India is the world's largest consumer of sugar[8][9]. According to data from the Indian Sugar Mills Association, the country's sugar mills will produce 35.5 million tonnes of sugar in 2018–19.[10]

Products and by-products

The processing of sugarcane generates bagasse, molasses and press mud. Indian sugar industry has been using these by-products to generate bioethanol, electricity and many other products over the years. [11]

Organizations

See also

References
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  2. "Planting time: Sugarcane | agropedia". Agropedia.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  3. "NFCSF – National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited". Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  4. "Cooperative sugar mills seek sops to begin crushing in next season". The Financial Express. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  5. "Indian Sugar Industry, Sugar Industry in India, Sugar Industry, Sugar Industries". www.indianmirror.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  6. Bhosale, Jayashree (2019-01-21). "ISMA cuts India's 2018–19 sugar production estimate to 307 lakh tonnes". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  7. Biswas, Soutik (2019-05-08). "How sugar influences the world's biggest election". BBC News. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  8. Rai, Shivani (2018-09-03). "India, The World's Biggest Consumer Of Sugar Set To Replace Brazil As Its Biggest Producer Too". Sugar Industry News and Updates. Chinimandi.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  9. "Indians Are The World's Largest Consumers Of Sugar, And It's Slowly Poisoning Us!". indiatimes.com. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  10. "Bittersweet harvest". The Tribune.
  11. Solomon, S. (2011-12-01). "Sugarcane By-Products Based Industries in India". Sugar Tech. 13 (4): 408–416. doi:10.1007/s12355-011-0114-0. ISSN 0974-0740.
  12. "Maharashtra mills set yet another record in sugar output". The Economic Times. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  13. "India's 2018/19 sugar output seen at 32.6 million T – trade body". Reuters. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  14. "NSI admission 2019: Applications begun at National Sugar Institute, entrance exam in June". The Indian Express. 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  15. "Sugar technologists seek hike in MSP to Rs 3,600/quintal". The Financial Express. 2019-04-19. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
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