INDIAN SUGAR INDUSTRY: POLICIES AND SURVEY

P.A. PRIYANKA¹*, E. NANDAKUMAR^2
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
²PSG College of Technology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
* Corresponding Author : ashapriyankap@gmail.com

Received : 11-04-2019     Accepted : 12-05-2019     Published : 15-05-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 9       Pages : 8366 - 8369
Int J Agr Sci 11.9 (2019):8366-8369

Keywords : Sugar Industry, Policies, Lobbying, Essential Commodities JEL: H4, H8
Academic Editor : Dr N Umashankar Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003, Tamil Nadu, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The India Sugar sector is the second largest agro-based industry in the country contributing significantly to the socio economic development of the nation. Indian sugar Industry is surrounded by a web of policies and politics including lobbying. Sugar industry operations are highly regulated by the Government. Till 2013 the sugar sector was controlled completely by the Government i.e. from procurement of raw material to marketing and export. The Government in centre regulates the minimum support price which is FRP in case of sugarcane and export-import tariffs. The Government in State controls the cane area reservation, Statutory Advised price (SAP) and other sugarcane subsidies. The Government also keeps buffer stocks and provides sugar thru PDS. Several Committees have studied the Indian Sugar Industry and submitted various recommendations. The association of sugar mills was requesting for liberalization of the industry. But the Government of India has only partially decontrolled the sugar industry in 2013.The paper examines the policies and politics around Industry which is ultimately effecting the efficacy of India’s Sugar Economy.

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