The year 2021-22 has proven to be a watershed season for the Indian sugar sector. All records of sugarcane production, sugar production, sugar exports, cane procured, cane dues paid and ethanol production was made during the season.
India has become the largest producer and exporter of sugar. India's agricultural success is not only limited to sugarcane. India is leading worldwide in several other high-quality agricultural goods including pulses, spices and jute.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): Groundwater levels are in a critical state globally. India is the largest user of groundwater in the world - accounting for over 25 per cent of global extraction, with 256 Districts across India having critical/ over-exploited gr
20 convict prisoners in Trichy cultivate sugarcane on two acres of prison farmland ahead of Pongal which would be sold in the Prison Bazaar outlet of the Central Prison in Trichy, Tamil Nadu.
Ahead of the Pongal festival, procuring of sugarcanes directly from the farmers as per the directives of the Tamil Nadu government has been initiated, informed the District Collector of Madurai.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on Friday accused the previous government of making the farmer's life miserable by closing the Mysuru Sugarcane Factory.
The victim, identified as Mubarak Hasan, a resident of Paduha, allegedly used to steal sugarcanes from farms. On the night of November 30, he was caught by the accused duo while stealing sugarcane from their field.
Surya Pratap Shahi said that Uttar Pradesh is an agricultural state, in which rabi crops are cultivated in 140 lakh hectares and sugarcane is cultivated in 26 lakh hectares, in which urea is used. There is a need for which a request has been made in this context after meeting the Railway Min
A decline in exports in sugar season 2023 (October 2022 to September 2023) coupled with a 3 per cent increase in the fair and remunerative price of sugarcane will impact the profitability of sugar mills this financial year.
IAS Mahendra Singh has been made Special Secretary of Home, IAS Sheshnath has been given the post of Special Secretary Sugar and Sugarcane Development, and IAS Yogesh Kumar has been given Special Secretary Agriculture Production Commissioner Branch.