(a) whether the Union Government has constituted National Co-operative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Sugar Development Fund to help the sugarcane growers and sick sugar mills in the country;
(b) if so, the nature of assistance being provided by this Corporation and Fund;
(c) the annual budget provided for this purpose; and
(d) the details of the sugar mills that benefited from this Corporation and Fund; State-wise?
Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (SHRI SHARAD PAWAR)
(a) & (b): The constitution of the National Co-operative Development Corporation (NCDC) and Sugar Development Fund (SDF) as also the nature of assistance being provided by them are attached at Annexure-I and Annexure-II respectively.
(c): For the year 2004-2005, an amount of Rs.150.00 crores has been proposed for assisting sugar cooperatives by the National Co-operative Development Corporation under various schemes. Similarly during the same period an amount of Rs.952.5 crores has been provided for assisting sugar units under various schemes in Sugar Development Fund.
(d): A statement indicating the details of the sugar mills that benefited from the Corporation and the SDF is attached at Annexure-III and IV respectively.
ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3031 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2004
A. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
The National Cooperative Development Corporation, a Statutory Organization, has been set up under an Act of Parliament and is basically a promotional organization engaged in development of agricultural production, supply of agricultural inputs, marketing, storage and processing in the cooperative sector and thus, supports the country`s efforts in augmenting farm production, to the ultimate benefit of farmers and other rural population.
Among others, NCDC has been promoting the setting up of cooperative sugar mills and provides investment loan to the State Government towards equity participation in these mills as also term loan for modernization-cum-expansion and diversification projects of existing cooperative sugar mills with a view to provide the benefit of value addition through creation of above facilities to sugarcane growers.
With regard to assisting sick sugar mills, the Corporation has posed a scheme for extending financial assistance towards rehabilitation of sick cooperative sugar mills in the country which is yet to be approved by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.
Among others, NCDC has been promoting establishment and development of sugar factories in the cooperative sector. The details of various schemes are indicated below:-
(i) Investment loan assistance to the State Governments to supplement their resources for equity participation in new cooperative sugar mills.
(ii) Term loan assistance to the existing cooperative sugar mills for modernization/expansion.
(iii) Term loan assistance for establishment of sugar by-product units.
(iv) Margin Money assistance to the existing cooperative sugar mills.
(v) Short/Medium term loan towards working capital requirements of cooperative sugar mills.
1. Making loans for facilitating the rehabilitation and modernization of any sugar factory or any unit thereof including potentially viable sugar undertaking.
2. Making loans for the undertaking of any scheme for development of sugarcane in the area in which any sugar factory is situated, including to a potentially viable sugar undertaking.
3. Making grants for the purpose of carrying out any research project aimed at the promotion and development of any aspect of Sugar Industry.
4. Defraying expenditure on internal transport and freight charges on export shipment of sugar.
5. Making loans to any Sugar Factory having an installed capacity of 2500 Tones Crushed Per Day or higher and is approved for financial assistance from a Financial Institution or Scheduled Bank for it to implement a project of bagasse-based co-generation of power.
6. Making loans for production of anhydrous alcohol or ethanol from alcohol or molasses.
7. Defraying expenditure for the purpose of building up and maintenance of Buffer Stock with a view to stabilizing price of sugar.
8. Defraying any other expenditure for the purpose of the Act.
S. Name of State Investment loan Modernisation By Rehabilitation Bridge loan Working Total No. for equity Expansion Product against SD Capital loan Participation Units
1 Andhra Pradesh 11 2 - - 1 - 14 2 Assam 1 - - 1 - - 2 3 Chhatisgarh 1 - - - - - 1 4 Goa - 1 - - 1 1 5 Gujarat 11 4 1 4 - 2 22 6 Haryana 8 2 1 2 - - 13 7 Kerala 1 1 - - - 2 8 Karnataka 23 7 - - - - 30 9 Madhya Pradesh 4 - - 1 - - 5 10 Maharashtra 113 16 16 1 2 1 149 11 Orissa 2 1 1 1 - - 5 12 Punjab 11 5 2 - - - 18 13 Rajasthan - - 1 - - 1 14 Tamil Nadu 8 5 7 1 - 13 34 15 Uttar Pradesh 25 14 5 4 - - 48 16 Uttaranchal 3 3 - - - 6 17 DNH 1 - - - - 1
Total 222 60 34 17 3 16 352
AS ON 15.12.2004
Loan for Loan for Loan for bagasse Loan for Ethanol Total Modernisation Cane based Co-generation from Alcohol or Rehabilitation Development Molasses
No. of loan cases No.of loancases No. of loan cases No. of loan cases No. of loan cases
STATES
1. Andhra Pradesh 15 65 1 81
2. Assam - 3 3
3. Bihar 17 20 37
4. Gujarat 10 15 25
5. Karnataka 15 45 3 63 6. Kerala - 1 1
7 Madhya Pradesh 4 14 18
8. Maharashtra 66 230 296
9. Punjab 6 23 29 10. Tamil Nadu 13 68 3 84 11. Uttar Pradesh 95 171 3 1 270 12. Orissa 1 9 10 13. Goa - 1 1 14. Haryana 4 30 34 15. West Bengal - 1 1 16. Pondicherry - 2 2 17. Rajasthan - 2 2 18. Uttaranchal 1 4 5
Total 247 704 10 1 962