Indian Sugar Industry

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Sugar industry is the second-largest agro based industry after textile, employing 0.5 million people in the sugar mills and 50 million farmers engaged in sugarcane cultivation. India is the largest consumer and the second largest producer of sugar across the globe. Sugar industry is largely driven by domestic consumption. It contributes approximately. Indian sugar industry is again entering the supply glut situation after witnessing a production shortfall in the previous two sugar season - SS2008-09 and SS2009-10. However, allowing exports would help maintain the sugar prices which peaked in SS2009-10.


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