GOVERNMENT OF MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2980 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13TH MARCH, 2018

SUPPLY OF SUGAR

2980. SHRI ANIL SHIROLE: SHRI GEORGE BAKER: PROF. RICHARD HAY: SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

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A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

With carry over stock of about 40 Lakh MT and estimated production of about 272 Lakh MT, the availability of sugar in country during current sugar season 2017-18 is estimated to be about 312 Lakh MT as against estimated demand of about 250 Lakh MT. The demand of the non sugar producing states is met from the supply made by sugar producing states. The State-wise projected demand and supply of sugar is at Annexure. ****

ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2980 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 13.03.2018 IN THE .

Supply/Production Sl. State /Union Consumption/Demand (in SS 2017-18 (in Lakh No Territory Lakh MT) MT)

1 Uttar Pradesh 41.29 101.00

2 Maharashtra 23.28 90.50

3 Bihar 21.51 5.70

4 West Bengal 18.93 -

5 Madhya Pradesh 15.04 2.72

6 Tamil Nadu 14.95 5.88

7 Rajasthan 14.22 -

8 Karnataka 12.67 31.50

9 Gujarat 12.51 9.76

10 Andhra Pradesh 10.23 4.62

11 Odisha 8.69 0.44

12 Telangana 7.31 2.40

13 Kerala 6.92 -

14 Jharkhand 6.83 -

15 Assam 6.46 -

16 Punjab 5.74 6.50

17 Chhattisgarh 5.29 0.48

18 Haryana 5.25 7.08

19 Jammu and Kashmir 2.60 -

20 Uttarakhand 2.10 3.92

21 Himachal Pradesh 1.42 -

22 Tripura 0.76 -

23 Meghalaya 0.61 - 24 Manipur 0.56 -

25 Nagaland 0.41 -

26 Goa 0.30 0.13

27 Arunachal Pradesh 0.29 -

28 Mizoram 0.23 -

29 Sikkim 0.13 -

30 Delhi 3.47 -

31 Puducherry 0.26 0.06

32 Chandigarh 0.22 - Andaman and 0.08 -

33 Nicobar Islands Dadra and Nagar 0.07 -

34 Haveli

35 Daman and Diu 0.05 -

36 Lakshadweep 0.01 -

India 250.69 272.69 ***