Lok Sabha Question No. 445 (STARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Sugar Mills
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.445

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH  MARCH, 2018 SUGAR MILLS

- *445. SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of sugar mills in the country, State-wise;
- (b) the number of sugar mills which are operational and those closed at present;
- (c) the details of the reasons for their closure;
- (d) whether the State Government of Karnataka has decided to restart sugar mills which were closed last year; and
- (e) if so, the details of those sugar mills in Karnataka, district-wise?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAMVILAS PASWAN)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  445  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON

## 27.03.2018 IN THE LOK SABHA.

- (a) to (c)    There are 738  sugar mills in the country out of which 521 mills are operational in the current sugar season and remaining  mills are closed. The state-wise details of sugar mills is at Annexure. Closure of sugar mill is normally attributable  to non-availability of adequate sugarcane, uneconomic size  of  plant,  lack  of  modernization,  high  cost  of  working  capital,  poor recovery  from  sugarcane,  lack  of  professional  management,  overstaffing, financial  crunch  and  lack  of  adequate  irrigation  in  the  catchment  area  of sugar mill  etc.
- (d) & (e) It is the responsibility of the concerned entrepreneur to take steps to re-open/revive a closed/sick sugar mill in case of mill in private sector and State Government/UTs concerned in the case of the public and cooperative sugar mills.

As  per  information  furnished  by  Government  of  Karnataka,  action  has been taken by them to revive  the  following  co-operative  and  public  sector sugar mills:

- I. M/s.Hemavathi  SSK  Ltd., in Hassan  District has been  leased to Chamundeshwari Sugars Ltd., a private entrepreneur.
- II. M/s.  Mysore  Sugar  Company Ltd., in Mandya District has re-started in the current sugar season 2017-18 with the financial assistance provided by Government of Karnataka.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (c)  OF  THE STARRED  QUESTION  445  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  27.03.2018  IN  LOK SABHA.

## Statement showing State-wise number of installed, operational & closed sugar mills in the country.

(As on 20.03.2018)

| S.No   | STATE                | No. of Installed sugar mills.   | * No. of Operated sugar mills During current sugar season 2017-18.   | Closed   |
|--------|----------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| (1)    | (2)                  | (3)                             | (4)                                                                  | (5)      |
| 1      | Punjab               | 24                              | 16                                                                   | 8        |
| 2      | Haryana              | 16                              | 14                                                                   | 2        |
| 3      | Rajasthan            | 3                               | 1                                                                    | 2        |
| 4      | Uttar Pradesh        | 158                             | 119                                                                  | 39       |
| 5      | Uttrakhand           | 10                              | 8                                                                    | 2        |
| 6      | Madhya Pradesh       | 27                              | 16                                                                   | 11       |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh         | 4                               | 4                                                                    | 0        |
| 8      | Gujarat              | 28                              | 17                                                                   | 11       |
| 9      | Maharashtra          | 247                             | 186                                                                  | 61       |
| 10     | Bihar                | 28                              | 11                                                                   | 17       |
| 11     | Assam                | 3                               | 0                                                                    | 3        |
| 12     | Orissa               | 8                               | 2                                                                    | 6        |
| 13     | West Bengal          | 3                               | 0                                                                    | 3        |
| 14     | Andhra Pradesh       | 33                              | 18                                                                   | 15       |
| 15     | Telangna             | 11                              | 7                                                                    | 4        |
| 16     | Karnataka            | 82                              | 65                                                                   | 17       |
| 17     | Tamil Nadu           | 46                              | 36                                                                   | 10       |
| 18     | Pondicherry          | 2                               | 0                                                                    | 2        |
| 19     | Kerala               | 2                               | 0                                                                    | 2        |
| 20     | Goa                  | 1                               | 1                                                                    | 0        |
| 21     | Nagaland             | 1                               | 0                                                                    | 1        |
| 22     | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1                               | 0                                                                    | 1        |
|        | Total                | 738                             | 521                                                                  | 217      |

*Provisional