Question

Why numerous sugar mills are found in the state of Utter pradesh?

Answer 1

Large sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh have decided to begin crushing in October this year, almost a month ahead of schedule, to boost supply of the sweetener and control shifting of cane supply to jaggery and khandsari units. Normally, sugar mills in UP start the crushing activity in early to mid-November due to late maturing of standing cane. The mills in western Karnataka and Maharashtra, on the other hand, begin crushing by mid-October with early variety of cane. The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the apex industry body, has found after a survey of its member mills, that large sugar mills in UP are going to advance their cane crushing activity by a month. The industry estimates a bumper cane crop in UP for the crushing season beginning October 2017, the second year in a row. The state reported a sugar production of 8.2 million tonnes (mt) for 2016-17. “Many sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu have given us in writing that they would start crushing by mid-October this year. Sugar mills in UP normally do not start crushing in October,” said Abinash Verma, director general, ISMA. “Sugar mills across all the four aforementioned sugar-producing states are estimated to produce 800,000 tonnes of the sweetener in October,” said Verma.