(a) whether the Government has banned the issuance of licences for new sugar mills in some
States including Maharashtra;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(c) whether the Government has received any representations for the removal of the ban; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and reaction of the Government thereto?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER
AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH)
(a) & (b): The Government has delicensed the sugar industry vide Press Note dated 31.08.1998
and the entrepreneurs are now free to set up sugar mills in any part of the country subject to
maintaining the distance of 15 Kms from an existing as well new sugar mill and fulfilling the
conditions as laid down in the Sugarcane (Control) (Amendment) Order, 2006. Therefore, the
question of banning issuing of license for new sugar mills does not arise.
(c) & (d): Do not arise.