Maharashtra Sugar Industry

About Maharashtra Sugar Industry

Sugar Industry in India is well maintained and is growing at a steady pace, boasting of a consumer base of over billions of people. India is the second largest producer of sugar over the globe. With more than 45 millions of sugar cane growers in the country, the bulk of the rural population in India depends on this industry. One of the agro-based industries in India, the sugar industry is the second largest agricultural industry followed after the textile industry.

Maharashtra Sugar Industry is one of the most notable and large-scale sugar manufacturing sectors in the country. The pace of growth of sugar manufacturing has been massive over the past few years. The latest statistics of sugar production in Maharashtra indicates that this state this doing better than the other states in the country.

The Sugar industry in Maharashtra is highly popular in the cooperative sector, as farmers own a portion in the sugar factories. The Maharashtra Sugar Industry has seen a spectacular growth owing to the different conducive in the state. One of the chief crops manufactured in Maharashtra is sugarcane, with a host of sugar industries been set up over the years. .

Some of the towns of Maharashtra which have sugar factories

1. Navapura,
2. Nityanandnagar,
3. Kurunda,
4. Mohagaon,
5. Sipora,
6. Varud,
7. Pimpalgaon,
8. Sonawade,
9. Khuldabad,
10. Halgaon,
11. Indapur,
12. Karandwadi,
13. Mankeshwar,
14. Pawarwadi,
15. Kadepur,
16. Devdaithan,
17. Sujatpur,
18. Sheshnagar,
19. Radhanagri,
20. Patoda

Most popular sugar factories in Maharashtra

• Adivasi S.S.K. Navapur Nandurbar Vibhag Ltd (Tal. Navapura, Dist. Nandurbar)
• Bahganga Sahkari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. (Bhum, Dist.- Usmanabad)
• Chhatrapati Sambhaji Raje Sakhar Udyog Ltd. (Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad))
• Dongarai Sagreshwar Shetkari SSK Ltd (Kadepur (Raigaon))
• Gurudatta Sugars Limited (Takliwadi, Tal. Shirol, Dist. Kolhapur)
• Jai Mahesh Sugar Industries Ltd. (Pawarwadi, Tal. Majalgaon, Dist. Beed)
• Khandoba Prasanna Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. (Tal. Karad, Dist Satara)
• Mahadik Sugar And Agro Product (Radhanagri, Dist. Kolhapur)
• Nira Bhima S.S.K. Ltd. (Tal:Indapur Dist.:Pune)
• Priyadarshini Shetkari SSK Ltd (Shivaji Chowk, Udgir, Dist. Latur)
• Saibaba SSK Ltd (Tal.Jintur, Dist.Parbhani, At Mankeshwar, Teh.Jintur, Dist.Parbhani)
• Sarvodaya S.S.K. Ltd (Karandwadi, Tal. Walwa, Dist. Sangli)
• Shree Ambadevi SSK Ltd (Nityanandnagar, Dahigaon (Recha) Road, Tal. Anjangaon, Dist. Amaravati)
• Sidhapana S.S.K. Ltd (Patoda Dist. Beed)
• Yogeshwari Sugar Industries limited (Limba, Tq. Pathri Dist. Parbhani)

The cooperative sugar industry in Maharashtra has seen the growth trajectory at its heights with future trading being implemented in sugar manufacturing. Till now, the concept of futures trading has not been made clear to the rural mass of the Maharashtra sugar industry. But the state is hopeful of rendering a helping hand to those who need special guidance on it.

The Maharashtra sugar industry has been contributing nearly 40% of India's total sugar production. In 2001-02, sugar industry in Maharashtra produced an approximate 50-67 lakh tons of sugar, the per ton price touching Rs 600. With innovative technologies being implemented in the Maharashtra sugar industry, the potential can be fully realized.