New Delhi: Government Efforts to bring Indian traditional Khandsari or unrefined sugar, the industry, according to formal regulation, has seen a slow start, with only 11 out of 66 large units so far registered in the national portal with one window (NSWS). Registration is likely to pick up the crushing of sugar cane next month by the start of the season, people said.
Khandsari units, small cottage factories that produce unrefined sugar from cane, were brought under the order of sugar in May in May. Units with overwhelming capacity exceeding 500 tons daily (TCD) were subjected to control supervision.
This step to ensure fair prices for farmers and reduce the departure of sugar cane and molasses, is the key to improving transparency in the value chain of sugar and ethanol and improving the accuracy of sugar production estimates in Indian sugar.
Ethanol
The decision supports the wider goals of the government, especially the gasoline gasoline program (EBP) with ethanol. Since sugar cane and syrup juice is a critical raw for ethanol production, it is necessary to ensure that large quantities are not diverted without supervision. Exact monitoring of the use of sugar cane will help to more effectively align the output goals of ethanol and the availability of sugar.
In India there are 373 Khandsari operating units that have a combined overwhelming capacity of about 95,000 TCDs. Of these, 66 units fall into the new regulation because they exceed the capacity of 500 TCDs, which together represent approximately 55,200 TCDs.
“About 11 units registered on the NSWs portal, and most of them come from Maharaštra,” said the first person. Of the 66 units, it is about 50 V Uttar Pradesh.
When asked about the reason for the weak reaction, the second official said: “Khandsari units work almost 90-120 days a year. Clean sugar (control), 2025, was introduced 1 May.
Khandsari industry is seasonal. “We were not able to register when our season ended in March, so our office was closed. But we register after Diwali, before the start of a crushed season,” said Khandsari units.
Experts in the field said that the lack of supervision of Khandsari units led to problems, such as unlimited sugar cane and molasses, resulting in loss of income and disruption of supplier chains of sugar and ethanol. The regulation of these large units will help improve responsibility and finally benefit farmers.
“The units would be obliged to pay a fair and remuneration for the price (FRP) for the sugar cane, as well as the conventional sugar refinery mills,” said Punt Singh Thind, an expert on agriculture and founder Northern Farmers Mega Farmer Producer Organization (FPO).
Questions regarding the development of e -mail to the Ministry of Food and Public Distribution have been unanswered until the press.
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