date:Jan 08, 2013
e of partially dry cane arrival to sugar mills.
ISMA has projected 65 lakh tonne of sugar production in their first advance estimates for the state. Pune division (comprises districts like Satara, Pune and Solapur), which was badly affected with drought like conditions, had produced 11.77 lakh tonne of sugar with 51 sugar mills in operation till date. This year, more number of private factories were in operation as compared to last year i.e. about 56 private sugar mills in operation this year,