(a) the number of sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh at present alongwith the details of the sugar produced by the said mills during each of the last three years and the current year;
(b) whether the Government has received complaints that some of the mills have understated their production deliberately, during the said period; and
(c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a): As per the latest information furnished by the Cane Commissioner, Government of Uttar Pradesh, the number of sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh at present is 157 and sugar produced by the working sugar mills during the last three sugar seasons and the current sugar season is as follows:-
Sugar Season (Oct.-Sept.) Sugar Production (Lac Tons) 2007-08 73.2 2008-09 40.6 2009-10 51.8 2010-11(as on 24.08.2011) 58.9