Question : OUTSTANDING DUES TO THE SUGARCANE GROWERS

(a) the production of sugar in the private and public sector sugar mills of the country during the last three years, separately;

(b) the names of sugar mills, particularly of U.P. in respect of whom matter for revival is pending with BIFR;

(c) the mill-wise outstanding dues of sugarcane growers against these mills;

(d) the reasons for large outstanding dues and the time since when these dues are outstanding;

(e) the initiatives taken by the BIFR for making arrangements for the payment of these outstanding dues; and

(f) the steps taken by the BIFR to revive and run these sugar mills?

THE MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SHANTA KUMAR )

(a),(b),(c), (d), (e) & (f) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.


STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a), (b), (c), (d),(e) & (f) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 186 FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 09.03.2001.

(a) The production of sugar in private and public sectors in the country during the last three sugar seasons (October-September) was as under:-

(Figures in lakh tonnes)
Sugar Season	Private Sector	Public Sector	1997-98	49.71	8.86	1998-99(P)	57.64	8.81	1999-2000(P)	69.46	9.97

(Rs. In lakhs)
Name of the Mill	Outstanding cane price dues upto 1999-2000 sugar season
(1)UTTAR PRADESH

(i)Lakshmi Sugar Mills	620.75

(ii)Khalilabad Sugar Mills Pvt. Ltd.	508.65

(iii)Saraya Sugar Mills Ltd. 2291.23

(iv)Cawnpore Sugar Works Ltd. 1959.82
(2)MADHYA PRADESH
B.S.I. Ltd.	236.38

(3)ORISSA
Western Orissa Sugar Ltd. 36.98

(4)RAJASTHAN
Mewar Sugar	168.80