Lok Sabha Question No. 3182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Production and Consumption rate of Sugar
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3 182

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19TH MARCH, 2025

## PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION RATE OF SUGAR

## 13 182. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to  state:

- (a) whether the Union  Government is  aware of  huge gap between the  production and consumption rate of sugar in the country;
- (b) if  so, whether  any  assessment regarding  closure  of  sugar mills  in  some States during  the last three years has been conducted and the details thereof along with  the number of  sugar mills  closed so far, State-wise; and
- (c) whether any assessment has been made regarding increase in  sugar prices due to decrease in sugar production in the country and if so, the details thereoP

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): Sugar Production in the country is sufficient to cater the domestic consumption demand. In  every sugar season, production of  sugar is  around 300-360 Lakh  Metric  Tonne (LMT) as against the domestic consumption of 270-297 LMT.

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- (b): State Governments fbrnish the  reports regarding closure of  sugar mills  on periodic basis during every sugar season. Sugar season wise number of closed sugar mills during last three sugar seasons is at Annexure.
- (c): As  a result  of pragmatic  government  policy interventions,  the price  of  sugar remained stable and at reasonabie range without  any significant  fluctuation. As the sugar production  is sufficient  for  domestic requirement,  sugar price is expected to remain at reasonable level.

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## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  TO PART (b) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3182 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.03.2025 IN THE LOK  SABHA

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| State          |   Sugar Season 2022-23 | Sugar Season 2023-24   |   Sugar Season 2024-25 |
|----------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh  |                      2 | a                      |                      0 |
| Maharashtra    |                      0 | 3                      |                      8 |
| Karnataka      |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Gujarat        |                      0 | 0                      |                      2 |
| Tamil Nadu     |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Bihar          |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Haryana        |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Punjab         |                      0 | 1                      |                      0 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Uttarakhand    |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Telengana      |                      0 | 1                      |                      0 |
| Chhatisgarh    |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Odisha         |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Rajasthan      |                      0 | 0                      |                      0 |
| Total          |                      2 | 5                      |                     10 |