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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

RAJYA SABHA

QUESTION NO 2049

ANSWERED ON 12.12.2011

Assessment of sugar production

2049 . SHRI RAM JETHMALANI

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION be pleased to satate :-

(a)	whether it is a fact that an assessment of the country's sugar production in the sugar year, 2011-12 has been made;
(b)	if so, the quantum of sugar production for the entire year;
(c)	the quantity of sugar assessed for consumption during 2010-11; and
(d)	the quantity in percentage by which the assessed consumption is in excess of that for 2009-10?
Answer

(a)Yes, Sir.

(b) Based on the first advance estimates of sugarcane production released by the Department of Agriculture & Cooperation in September, 2011, the production of sugar in the country is provisionally estimated at about 246 lac tons for the current sugar season 2011-12.

(c) The Central Government has released a quantity of 207.69 lac tons of sugar for domestic consumption during the sugar season 2010-11.

(d) There was not much difference in the quantity of sugar released for domestic consumption during 2009-10 sugar season as the quantity released stood at 208.78 lac tons.

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