Lok Sabha Question No. 4302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-26
Subject: Financial Assistance to Sugar Mills
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4302

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26TH MARCH,  2025

## FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE TO SUGAR MILLS

## 4302. SHRI LAVU  SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALLJ:

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

- (a) the details regarding the number of  functional  sugar mills,  State-wise;
- (b) the  details regarding the  number of  applications received and  approved by  the Government from  sugar mills  to  avail  interest subvention under the scheme for  extending financial assistance to sugar mills;
- (c) the details regarding the number of sugar mills availing financial assistance from the Government since the scheme's inception, State and year-wise;
- (d) the amount of  funds allocated and disbursed under this  scheme since its inception classified, State, year and bank-wise; and
- (e) the  details  regarding  the number of  beneficiaries whose accounts have turned into Non- Performing Assets (NPAs) since the scheme's inception, State-wise and year-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): The State-wise details of total number of operational sugar mills  during current sugar season 2024-25 are given at Annexure -l.
- (b): Under the schemes for  extending financial assistance to  sugar mills/  grain based distilleries for  enhancement and augmentation of  ethanol production capacity from  2018 to 2022, Government has given  in-principle  approval to  a total  of  1212 eligible  projects (590 molasses-based, 474 grain-based and 148 dual-feed).

(c): A  total of  304 ethanol manufacturing distilleries (including  standalone distilleries and distilleries attached with  sugar mills)  have availed/ are availing financial assistance under the schemes notified  from 2018 to 2022. State-wise details of distilleries benefitted and State-wise funds released by NAB ARD  under the interest subvention schemes, are given at Annexure-II.

(d): The total budget outlay for the scheme is Rs. 4687 crore. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NAB ARD)  has been appointed as the Nodal Agency for releasing interest subvention to  eligible  sugar mills  /  grain  based distilleries.  Funds are released to NAB ARD for further payment to lending banks of eligible sugar mills / grain based distilleries. The details of  year-wise funds released to NABARD under the scheme since its inception are given at Annexure-III.

(e): As per information received from NABARD,  6 distilleries from the State of Karnataka have been declared Non-  Performing Assets (NPAs)  by their lending banks since inception of the scheme

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4302 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.03.2025 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

## State-wise number of operational sugar  mills  in  current Sugar  Season 2024-25

| S. No.   | State          | No. of sugar mills   |
|----------|----------------|----------------------|
| 1.       | Uttar Pradesh  | 122                  |
| 2.       | Maharashtra    | 200                  |
| 3.       | Karnataka      | 79                   |
| 4.       | Gujarat        | 15                   |
| 5.       | Tamil Nadu     | 30                   |
| 6.       | Bihar          | 10                   |
| 7.       | Haryana        | 14                   |
| 8.       | Punjab         | 15                   |
| 9.       | Madhya Pradesh | 20                   |
| 10.      | Uttarakhand    | 8                    |
| 11       | Andhra Pradesh | 5                    |
| 12.      | Telengana      | 7                    |
| 13.      | Chhatisgarh    | 4                    |
| 14.      | Odisha         | 2                    |
| 15.      | Rajasthan      |                      |
|          | Total          | 532                  |

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## Annexure-II

## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4302 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.03.2025 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

## State-wise details of distilleries benefitted under the interest subvention scheme

| State          |   No. of units |   Amount Released in Cr. Rs. |
|----------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |              3 |                         8.04 |
| Assam          |              2 |                         5.25 |
| Bihar          |             15 |                        74.53 |
| Chhattisgarh   |              1 |                         6.12 |
| Gujarat        |              6 |                        11.61 |
| Haryana        |              8 |                        49.71 |
| Jharkhand      |              4 |                        12.66 |
| Karnataka      |             56 |                       731.31 |
| Madhya Pradesh |             20 |                        73.39 |
| Maharashtra    |             75 |                       274.62 |
| Odi sha        |             10 |                        17.81 |
| Punjab         |             14 |                        96.39 |
| Rajasthan      |              3 |                         4.67 |
| Tamil Nadu     |              3 |                         6.06 |
| Telangana      |              1 |                        20.71 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |             73 |                       344.02 |
| Uttarakhand    |              4 |                        14.94 |
| West Bengal    |              6 |                        34.55 |
| Grand Total    |            304 |                      1386.37 |

## Annexure-III

## ANNEX  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4302 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 26.03.2025 IN THE LOK  SABHA.

## Details of year-wise funds released to NABARD  under the scheme since its inception

| Scheme Name                                                                                                                           | Financial Year   |   Funds released to NABARD (in Cr. Rupees) |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| icheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills/distilleries for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity | 20 19-20         |                                         50 |
| icheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills/distilleries for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity | 2020-21          |                                        150 |
| icheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills/distilleries for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity | 2021 -22         |                                        160 |
| icheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills/distilleries for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity | 2022-23          |                                        175 |
| icheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills/distilleries for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity | 2023-24          |                                        400 |
| icheme for extending financial assistance to sugar mills/distilleries for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity | 2024-25          |                                        600 |
|                                                                                                                                       | Total            |                                       1535 |