Sugar manufacturing continued in 336 sugar mills as on March 15 and the overall manufacturing is 312.9 lakh tonnes from October 1 final 12 months when the brand new season started.
According to an replace from Indian Sugar Mills’ Association (ISMA), 530 sugar mills began operations this sugar season and 194 have stopped crushing operation. The mills had diverted 31.1 lakh tonnes of sugar for ethanol manufacturing in contrast with 25.4 lakh tonnes throughout the corresponding interval final season, and the precise sugar manufacturing stood at 281.8 lakh tonnes as towards 284.5 lakh tonnes throughout the 2021-2022 sugar season.