Lok Sabha Question No. 2980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-13
Subject: Supply of Sugar
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: ANIL SHIROLE, George Baker, Richard Hay, PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2980 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  MARCH, 2018

## SUPPLY OF SUGAR

2980. SHRI ANIL SHIROLE: SHRI GEORGE BAKER: PROF. RICHARD HAY: SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be  pleased to state the details of  the  demand  and  supply  of  sugar  within  the  country,  State/UT-wise including West Bengal, Maharashtra, Kerala and Gujarat?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## A N S W E R (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

With carry over stock of about 40 Lakh MT and estimated production of  about  272  Lakh  MT,  the  availability  of  sugar  in  country  during  current sugar  season  2017-18  is  estimated  to  be  about  312  Lakh  MT  as  against estimated  demand  of  about  250  Lakh  MT.  The  demand  of  the  non  sugar producing states is met from the supply made by sugar producing states. The

State-wise projected demand and supply of sugar is at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2980 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 13.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

|   Sl. No | State /Union Territory      |   Consumption/Demand (in Lakh MT) | Supply/Production SS 2017-18 (in Lakh MT)   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Uttar Pradesh               |                             41.29 | 101.00                                      |
|        2 | Maharashtra                 |                             23.28 | 90.50                                       |
|        3 | Bihar                       |                             21.51 | 5.70                                        |
|        4 | West Bengal                 |                             18.93 | -                                           |
|        5 | Madhya Pradesh              |                             15.04 | 2.72                                        |
|        6 | Tamil Nadu                  |                             14.95 | 5.88                                        |
|        7 | Rajasthan                   |                             14.22 | -                                           |
|        8 | Karnataka                   |                             12.67 | 31.50                                       |
|        9 | Gujarat                     |                             12.51 | 9.76                                        |
|       10 | Andhra Pradesh              |                             10.23 | 4.62                                        |
|       11 | Odisha                      |                              8.69 | 0.44                                        |
|       12 | Telangana                   |                              7.31 | 2.40                                        |
|       13 | Kerala                      |                              6.92 | -                                           |
|       14 | Jharkhand                   |                              6.83 | -                                           |
|       15 | Assam                       |                              6.46 | -                                           |
|       16 | Punjab                      |                              5.74 | 6.50                                        |
|       17 | Chhattisgarh                |                              5.29 | 0.48                                        |
|       18 | Haryana                     |                              5.25 | 7.08                                        |
|       19 | Jammu and Kashmir           |                              2.6  | -                                           |
|       20 | Uttarakhand                 |                              2.1  | 3.92                                        |
|       21 | Himachal Pradesh            |                              1.42 | -                                           |
|       22 | Tripura                     |                              0.76 | -                                           |
|       23 | Meghalaya                   |                              0.61 | -                                           |
|       24 | Manipur                     |                              0.56 | -                                           |
|       25 | Nagaland                    |                              0.41 | -                                           |
|       26 | Goa                         |                              0.3  | 0.13                                        |
|       27 | Arunachal Pradesh           |                              0.29 | -                                           |
|       28 | Mizoram                     |                              0.23 | -                                           |
|       29 | Sikkim                      |                              0.13 | -                                           |
|       30 | Delhi                       |                              3.47 | -                                           |
|       31 | Puducherry                  |                              0.26 | 0.06                                        |
|       32 | Chandigarh                  |                              0.22 | -                                           |
|       33 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                              0.08 | -                                           |
|       34 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                              0.07 | -                                           |
|       35 | Daman and Diu               |                              0.05 | -                                           |
|       36 | Lakshadweep                 |                              0.01 | -                                           |