Question
Discuss Sugar Industry in India.
Solution
Sugar Industry:
(i)India stands second as a world producer of sugar but occupies the first place in the production of gur and khandsari.
(ii)The raw material used in this industry is bulky, and in haulage its sucrose content reduces.
(iii)In 2010-11 there were over 662 sugar mills in the country spread over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat along with Punjab, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh.
(iv)Sixty per cent mills are in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
(v)This industry is seasonal in nature so, it is ideally suited to the cooperative sector.
