Lok Sabha Question No. 4367 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Closing of Sugar Mills due to Lack of Sugarcane
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4367

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  MARCH, 2017

## CLOSING OF SUGAR MILLS DUE TO LACK OF SUGARCANE

4367. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU: DR. P. VENUGOPAL: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV: SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

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

- (a)   whether  hundreds  of  sugar  mills  across  the  country  have  been  closed down due to lack of sugarcane availability and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the number of existing sugar mills in the country, the State-wise details of the functional and closed mills;
- (c)   the  grant  given  by  the  Government  to  these  sugar  mills  and  the  scheme formulated to revive the closed mills;
- (d)   the  target  of  sugar  production  in  the  country  and  the  total  consumption thereof;
- (e)   whether  the  Government  has  imposed  a  ban  to  issue  new  licence  for setting up of new sugar mills in Maharashtra and if so, the reasons therefor and the opinion of the Government in this regard; and
- (f)   the steps taken by the Government to provide licence for setting up new sugar mills and the reasons therefor?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE FOR  CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a):  As per reports received from the sugar producing States, out of about 480 sugar mills which commenced crushing operations during current sugar season 2016-17, about 284 sugar mills  have been closed down up to 15 th  March, 2017 due to in-sufficient   sugarcane availability in their operational area.

- (b):  A  statement  indicating  State-wise  number  of  Existing,  Functional  and Closed sugar mills in the country is at Annexure.

(c):  It  is  the  responsibility of the entrepreneur concerned to take steps to reopen/revive  the  closed  sugar  mills  as  far  as  private  sector  is  concerned  and State  Government/UTs  concerned  in  the  case  of  the  Public  and  Cooperative sugar  mills.  The  Government,  under  the  Sugar  Development  Fund  (SDF), provides  concessional  loans  for  modernization/expansion  or  rehabilitation, bagasse  based  cogeneration  power  projects, production of ethanol and sugarcane development as well as restructuring of SDF loans of the potentially viable closed sugar mills/ undertakings.

(d):  The Government does not fix any target of production and consumption of sugar.

(e):  No, Madam. The Central Government has de-licensed the sugar industry.

(f): does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4367 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 28.03.2017 IN LOK SABHA

Statement  showing  State-wise  number  of  Existing,  Functional  &  Closed sugar mills in the country during the Sugar Season 2016-17.

(Provisional)

(Position as on 10.03.2017)

| S.No.   | STATE                |   Total Installed Sugar Mills |   Operated Sugar Mills during current sugar season 2016-17 |   Closed Sugar Mills |
|---------|----------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | Punjab               |                            24 |                                                         16 |                    8 |
| 2       | Haryana              |                            16 |                                                         14 |                    2 |
| 3       | Rajasthan            |                             3 |                                                          1 |                    2 |
| 4       | Uttar Pradesh        |                           158 |                                                        116 |                   42 |
| 5       | Uttaranchal          |                            10 |                                                          8 |                    2 |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh       |                            24 |                                                         18 |                    6 |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh         |                             3 |                                                          3 |                    0 |
| 8       | Gujarat              |                            27 |                                                         18 |                    9 |
| 9       | Maharashtra          |                           243 |                                                        150 |                   93 |
| 10      | Bihar                |                            28 |                                                         11 |                   17 |
| 11      | Assam                |                             3 |                                                          0 |                    3 |
| 12      | Orissa               |                             8 |                                                          2 |                    6 |
| 13      | West Bengal          |                             2 |                                                          0 |                    2 |
| 14      | Andhra Pradesh       |                            33 |                                                         18 |                   15 |
| 15      | Telangna             |                            11 |                                                          7 |                    4 |
| 16      | Karnataka            |                            78 |                                                         59 |                   19 |
| 17      | Tamil Nadu           |                            46 |                                                         38 |                    8 |
| 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                |                           724 |                                                        480 |                  244 |

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