Question : NATIONAL SUGAR INSTITUTE

(a) whether the working and research of the National Sugar Institute has been adversely affected due to its neglect in appointments/promotions and allocation of funds;

(b) if so,the details thereof and reasons therefor indicating the appointments/promotions and vacancies in different categories of staff alongwith the allocation made for the institute during each of the last three years and the current year;

(c) whether the Government had issued directions for upgrading the institute to the level of scientific institute after including it in the list of scientific institution;

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons for failure to implement the said directives; and

(e) the time by which they are likely to be implemented?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (DR. AKHILESH PRASAD SINGH)

(a): No, Sir. National Sugar Institute, Kanpur provides technical education in various branches of sugar technology, sugar engineering, alcohol technology and other allied branches and also undertakes research on the problems of sugar industry, alcohol and allied industry,by-product utilization etc.The Institute has also a research farm and an Experimental Sugar Factory for training of students. The performance of the Institute with regard to number of students training and operation of experimental sugar factory is as follows:

SI. No.	Item	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
1.	No.of	139	155	165 (Admitted)	Student	trained
2.	Sugarcane	5837.38	6366.44	9213.11	crushed	in Experimental	Sugar Factory	(Quintals)
3.	Sugar Produced	80.00	172.00	170.00	(Quintals)