Volume : 1, Issue : 4, September - 2012
Financial Performance of Sugar Industries in India
M. Balasubramanian
Abstract :
Indian sugar industry, second largest agro–based processing industry afte the cotton textiles industry in country, has a lions share in accelerating industrialization process and inging socio–economic changes in under developed rural areas. Sugar industry covers around 7.5% of total rural population and provides employment to 5 lakh rural people. About 4.5 crore farmers are engaged in sugarcane cultivation in Inda. Sugar mills (cooperative, private, and public) have been instrumental in initiating a number of entrepreneurial activities in rural India. Present paper is an attempt as to review progress of sugar industry in India, understand its problems and challenges in context of ongoing liberalization process. Indian sugar industry can be a global leader provided it comes out of the vicious cycle of shortage and surplus of sugarcane, lower sugarcane yield, lower sugar recovery, ever increasing production costs and mounting losses. It needs quality management at all levels of activity to enhance productivity and production. Attention is required on cost minimization and undertaking by product processing activities.
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M. Balasubramanian Financial Performance of Sugar Industries in India Global Journal For Research Analysis, Vol: 1, Issue: 4 September 2012