MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION ( SHRI SHARAD YADAV )
(a) to (g): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (g) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.259 DUE FOR ANSWER
ON 07-03-2003 IN THE LOK SABHA.
(a) to (g): The available information showing the cane price arrears, State-wise, upto the
year 2001-2002 and for the current crushing season viz. 2002-2003 is enclosed at Annexures I & II
respectively. As per Clause 3 (3A) of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, issued by the Central
Government under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, it is obligatory on the part of all sugar
mills to pay the price of sugarcane to growers within 14 days from the date of delivery of the
cane. The responsibility for ensuring timely payment of cane price dues rests with the State
Governments, who have the necessary powers/field organizations in this behalf.
2. The following measures have been taken to facilitate the payment of the cane price dues
of the farmers:-
(i) A Buffer stock of 20 lakh tonnes of sugar has been created for a period of one year so as to
enable the sugar mills to receive a subsidy amount of Rs. 412 crores from the Sugar Development
Fund. In addition, about Rs. 374 crores would be available from the Banks to the mills on
account of the Buffer Stock. Thus, a total amount of Rs. 786 crores would be provided to
the mills for clearing the payment of cane price dues to the growers,
(ii) The sugar factories have been extended relief by way of permitting them to sell equivalent
quantity of unlifted levy sugar stocks as non-levy sugar in the open market. So far, a quantity
of about 240534.4 M.Ts of unlifted levy sugar stocks pertaining to various seasons, has been
permitted to be sold as non-levy sugar in the open market,
(iii) Advance releases of non-levy sugar have been made to certain sugar mills to enable them to
clear the cane price dues of the farmers and to reduce their stocks. During the season 2001-2002,
a quantity of 402830.5 M.Ts has been so released,
(iv) The quantitative ceiling on exports of sugar has been removed and the Sugar Development Fund
(SDF) Act, 1982 and the SDF Rules, 1983 amended, enabling reimbursement of the internal transport
and neutralization of ocean freight disadvantage on export shipments of sugar.
3. No report relating to refusal to purchase sugarcane (by the sugar mills from the farmers)
has so far been received by the Ministry.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (g) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 259 DUE FOR ANSWER
ON 07-03-2003 IN THE LOK SABHA.
STATE-WISE CANE PRICE ARREARS POSITION UPTO 2001-2002 SUGAR SEASON.
(Rs. in crores)
Sl.No. State Arrears upto 2001-2002 sugar season As on
1. Uttar Pradesh 85.79 25.02.03
2. Punjab 65.47 31.01.03
3. Gujarat 1.40 31.01.03
4. Karnataka 52.71 31.01.03
5. Uttaranchal 7.35 31.01.03
6. Bihar 42.32 31.01.03
7 Tamil Nadu 7.32 31.01.03
8. Haryana 16.03 31.01.03
9. Andhra Pradesh 1.96 31.01.03
10. Maharahstra 47.83 31.01.03
11. Orissa 4.06 31.01.03
12. Madhya Pradesh 6.03 31.01.03
13. Pondicherry 0.14 31.01.03
14. Assam 0.14 31.01.03
15. West Bengal 0.01 31.01.03
16. Rajasthan 1.18 31.01.03
17. Goa 31.01.03
18. Kerala 1.28 31.01.03
Total 341.02
ANNEXURE-II
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (g) OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 259 DUE FOR ANSWER
ON 07-03-2003 IN THE LOK SABHA.
STATEMENT SHOWING THE STATEWISE / ZONEWISE POSITION OF CANE PRICE PAYABLE, PRICE PAID AND
BALANCE OUTSTANDING FOR CANE PURCHASED DURING 2002-2003 SEASON (AS ON 31-12-02).
(Rs. in crores)
STATE/ZONE TOTAL PRICE PAYABLE CANE PRICE PAID BALANCE CANE PRICE FOR CANE PURCHASED UPTO 31-12-02 PAYABLE AS ON 31-12-02 DURING 2002-2003 UPTO 31-12-02
PUNJAB 172.45 50.07 122.38
HARYANA 45.25 1.66 43.59
RAJASTHAN 0.00 0.00 0.00
WEST UP 101.25 80.69 20.56
CENTRAL UP 57.09 25.74 31.35
EAST UP 32.05 24.76 7.29
TOTAL UP 190.39 131.19 59.20
UTTARANCHAL 3.56 0.00 3.56
MADHYA PRADESH 10.96 10.96 0.00
SOUTH GUJARAT 200.17 161.65 38.52
SAURASHTRA 5.24 2.29 2.95
TOTAL GUJARAT 205.41 163.94 41.47
SOUTH MAHARASHTRA 321.89 285.22 36.67
NORTH MAHARASHTRA 155.63 108.48 47.16
CENT-MAHARASHTRA 210.53 165.29 45.24
TOTAL MAHARASHTRA 688.05 558.98 129.07
NORTH BIHAR 1.00 0.00 1.00
SOUTH BIHAR 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL BIHAR 1.00 0.00 1.00
ASSAM 0.00 0.00 0.00
ANDHRA PRADESH 222.02 99.09 122.93
KARNATAKA 384.95 154.13 230.82
TAMIL NADU 182.54 74.89 107.65
KERALA 1.77 0.00 1.77
ORISSA 4.88 2.40 2.48
WEST BENGAL 2.49 0.00 2.49
NAGALAND 0.00 0.00 0.00
PONDICHERRY 0.32 0.00 0.32
GOA 2.93 2.08 0.85
ALL INDIA TOTAL 2118.97 1249.39 869.58
