(a)the State-wise number of operational sugar mills in the country which have started sugar production
in the current crushing season;
(b)the State-wise number of closed sugar mills as on date and the reasons for their closure;
(c)the remedial measures being taken to revive the closed mills; and
(d)the target fixed for production of sugar during the current crushing season?
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):State-wise, number of operational and closed sugar mills in the country during the current crushing
season 2003-04 are at Annexure.
The closure of sugar mills is attributable to a variety of factors such as inadequate sugarcane availability,
uneconomical size, old age, bad condition of plant and machinery, technical and managerial deficiency etc.
(c):It is the responsibility of the entrepreneur to take to reopen/revive the closed sugar mills. The sick sugar mills
belonging to private and public sectors are covered under the provisions of the Sick Industrial Companies(Special Provisions) Act, 1985 (SICA). Such sugar mills are required to make a reference to the Board for Industrial
and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) whenever their accumulated losses become equal to or more than the net-worth.
If the rehabilitation schemes sanctioned by BIFR provide for any relief/concession from this Ministry, the same is
considered as per the existing guidelines.
As regards the cooperative sugar mills a Committee has been constituted by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) to consider the proposals of the potentially
viable sick sugar mills of this sector.
(d):No targets are fixed for production of sugar. However, the production of sugar during the current crushing season
2003-2004 (Oct.-Sept.) is likely to be around 138 lakh tonnes.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (a) & (b) OF UNSTARED QUESTION NO.1641 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19TH JULY, 2004 IN LOK SABHA
STATEMENT SHOWING STATEWISE OPERATED, CLOSED AND TOTAL INSTALLED SUGAR MILLS DURING
THE SUGAR SEASON 2003-04 (OCT.-SEPT.)
Sl. No. STATE OPERATED SUGAR MILLS CLOSED SUGAR MILLS TOTAL INSTALLED SUGAR MILLS
(1) (2) (1+2)
1 PUNJAB 22 1 23 2 HARYANA 15 - 15 3 RAJASTHAN 1 2 3 4 UTTAR PRADESH 101 19 120 5 UTTARANCHAL 10 - 10 6 MADHYA PRADESH 6 5 11 7 CHATTISGARH 1 - 1 8 GUJARAT 15 7 22 9 MAHARASHTRA 136 49 185 10 BIHAR 10 18 28 11 ASSAM - 3 3 12 ORISSA 4 4 8 13 WEST BENGAL 1 1 2 14 NAGALAND - 1 1 15 ANDHRA PRADESH 28 14 42 16 KARNATAKA 34 13 47 17 TAMIL NADU 34 4 38 18 PONDICHERRY 1 1 2 19 KERALA - 2 2 20 GOA 1 - 1 ALL INDIA 420 144 564