Various states and sugar factories furnished wrong information to the agriculture ministry about sugarcane produce and their projected sugar production, leading to the sugar deficit in the country.
Revealing this, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Sunday held them responsible for the deficit.
“The state authorities and sugar producers informed me that the country had the stock to produce 300 lakh tonnes. I conveyed my doubts, following which they gave me a revised estimate of 280 lakh tonnes. But I was sure that the country could only produce around 170-180 lakh tonnes,” said Pawar, addressing the 53 rd annual general meeting of the Association of the State Co-operative Sugar Industry at Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) at Manjri.
Pawar, who is also the chairman of VSI, also pointed out the lack of a communication channel between sugarcane producers and co-operatives.
source: indianexpress
‘Misinformation led to sugar crunch’
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