Question : SUGAR MILLS IN BIHAR



(a) whether any requests/proposals have been received from Bihar including Supaul and Samstipur for setting up sugar mills in the State during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto alongwith the present status of the proposals; and

(c) the number of mills actually set up in the State during the said period?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (PROF. K.V. THOMAS)

(a) & (b)- The Central Government received three Industrial Entrepreneur Memoranda (IEM) for setting up of new sugar mills in the State of Bihar during last three years (i.e. from January 2009 to January 2012). The details are as under:-

S.No.	Company Name	District	IEM No./date
1. M/s.India Green Fuel Pvt. Ltd., East Champaran, 866/02.04.2009.

2. M/s. India Green Fuel Pvt. Ltd., East Champaran, 1623/30.06.2009.

3. M/s.Vaidyanath Sugar Mills West Champaran, 2823/25.08.2010. Pvt. Ltd.,

However, all the three IEM’s stand de-recognized for failure to comply with relevant provisions of Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966.

(c) - No new sugar mill has been setup in Bihar during the last three years.