Lucknow, March 09: After falling short of the target last crushing season, Uttar Pradesh is likely to produce more than 45 lakh million tonne (MT) sugar by the end of the current season.
“As compared to 40.64 lakh MT sugar produced in the last season, the state has this year produced 41.84 lakh MT sugar by March 7 and this is expected to reach 45.28 lakh MT by the end of the crushing season,” Cane Commissioner Sudhir M Bobade said.
He said that as compared to the last year sugar production is estimated to increase by 12 per cent in UP.
At the start of the crushing season, UP projected only 39.6 lakh MT sugar output, less than around 41 lakh MT produced in the last crushing season.
–PTI