Challenges of Sugar Industry in India -An Overview

Sugar industry occupies an important place among agriculture based industries in India. Sugar industry took the shape of a large industry in the beginning off 20th century. Sugar industry is the second largest industry after cotton textile industry among agriculture -based industries of the country. This industry provides not only employment to a substantial number of people but also holds the potentialities of developing other industries related to ties by-products. . Sugar is an item of mass consumption . the increase in population, rise in purchasing power of the people and increasing use of sugar for products such as soft-drinks, jams, ice-creams, bakery products and other processed food items have given sugar a special status. India is the second largest producer of sugar cane in the world, next to brazil