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SECTOR | 03 Jul 2025

Sugar sector grown into 1 trillion industry: Food Minister Pralhad Joshi

Business Standard

India's sugar sector has grown to become a Rs 1.3 lakh crore industry, and it is driving rural prosperity and energy security, Union Food Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Thursday. The minister was addressing the 'Cooperative Sugar Industry Conclave 2025' & 'National Efficiency Award Ceremony'. "Under the PM Shri @narendramodi ji's leadership, India's sugar sector has grown into a Rs 1.3 lakh crore industry (annually), driving rural prosperity, energy security and green power through reforms like record ethanol blending and Atmanirbharta in fuel," Joshi said on a social media post. It is inspiring to see how the sector's evolution is shaping a sustainable, self-reliant future for India, he added. The event was organised by National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited. It was established in 1960 to build a strong and vibrant co-operative sugar sector in India. All cooperative sugar factories and state cooperative sugar federations across the country are its...

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SECTOR | 27 Jun 2025

Sugar Production To Increase By 15% To 35 Million Tonnes In Sugar Season 2026: Report

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The growth is expected to ease tightness in the domestic supply and has the potential to boost ethanol diversion and revive exports with appropriate policy support, it added.

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SECTOR | 27 Jun 2025

Dalmia Bharat Sugar Dividend: Last Day To Buy Shares To Qualify Details Here

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Dalmia Bharat Sugar's board announced a final dividend of Rs 1.50 per share.

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SECTOR | 12 Jun 2025

Ajit Pawar returns to sugar mill polls after 40 years in 3-way contest

Business Standard

More than four decades after he last contested cooperative sugar mill polls, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is back in the fray as one of 90 candidates for Malegaon Cooperative Sugar Mill elections in Pune's Baramati. His party functionaries said Pawar had last contested sugar mill polls in 1984, going on to serve on the board of directors of Chhatrapati Cooperative Sugar Mill. Elections to the 21-member board of directors of Malegaon Cooperative Sugar Mill, currently led by the Ajit Pawar-led NCP, will be held on June 22, with results to be announced the following day, they added. Ajit Pawar-led Nilkantheshwar Panel is currently in power at Malegaon Cooperative Sugar Mill. It had defeated Chandrarao Tawre's Sahakar Bachav panel in 2019. Tawre, a known name in the co-operative sector, was once considered close to Sharad Pawar but later parted ways. Besides Nilkantheshwar Panel and Sahakar Bachav panel, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) too has fielded 'Baliraja Sahakar ..

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SECTOR | 11 Jun 2025

AI likely to help enhance sugarcane production by 30%: Expert

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Vasantdada Sugar Institute and Agricultural Development Trust signs MoU to explore ways to ensure new AI technology reaches as many sugarcane farmers as possible

Use of AI likely to help enhance sugarcane production by 30%, say expert

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SECTOR | 10 Jun 2025

Sugar Prices Extend Gains As Recent Price Dip Draws In Buyers

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The most-active contract rose as much as 0.9% to 16.82 cents per pound, the highest level since June 4.

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SECTOR | 10 Jun 2025

India exports 516,000 tonnes sugar till June 6 of this year: AISTA

Business Standard

India exported 5.16 lakh tonnes of sugar till June 6 of the ongoing 2024-25 marketing year with maximum shipments of 1,18,553 tonnes to Somalia, trade body AISTA said on Tuesday. The sugar marketing year runs from October to September. Sugar exports for the 2024-25 marketing year in India were allowed on January 20, 2025. The total quantity permitted for export is 10 lakh tonnes. According to the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA), mills have exported a total of 5,16,782 tonnes of sugar till June 6 of the current marketing year. Out of which, white sugar exports were at 4.09 lakh tonnes, refined sugar 81,845 tonnes and raw sugar at 25,382 tonnes till June of this year. About 23,219 tonnes of sugar are under loading, it said in a statement. Of the total exports undertaken so far, maximum shipments have been to Somalia at 1,18,553 tonnes, followed by Sri Lanka at 76,401 tonnes, Afghanistan at 72,833 tonnes, and Djibouti at 69,609 tonnes. AISTA had recently said that total

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SECTOR | 09 Jun 2025

Maharashtra sugar mills to promote AI for sugarcane cultivation

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Vasantdada Sugar Institute signs MoU with Baramati Agricultural Development Trust

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SECTOR | 09 Jun 2025

Two Indian-Americans secure significant city council seats in Texas

Business Standard

In a significant political stride for the Indian diaspora in the United States, Sanjay Singhal and Sukh Kaur, both Indian Americans, have won city council runoff elections in Texas, while Carol McCutcheon has been elected as Mayor of Sugar Land, a Houston suburb with a large Indian-origin population. In Sugar Land's District 2, Sanjay Singhal, a retired energy executive and graduate of IIT Delhi, secured a decisive victory over his nearest rival Nasir Hussain. According to unofficial results from Fort Bend County, Singhal received 2,346 votes to Hussain's 777. "This victory belongs to the residents of District 2," Singhal told supporters. "I am deeply grateful for the community's support and ready to serve with transparency and dedication." Singhal, who has lived in Sugar Land for over 30 years with his wife, their two sons and daughters-in-law, ran on a platform focused on public safety, infrastructure improvements, and accountable governance. In San Antonio, Sukh Kaur, a Sikh...

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SECTOR | 08 Jun 2025, 09:25AM

Indian-American candidates leading runoff races in Texas' city councils

Economic Times

Sanjay Singhal and Sukh Kaur, both Indian-Americans, are leading in their respective city council runoff elections in Sugar Land and San Antonio, Texas. Singhal, an IIT Delhi alumnus, is ahead in Sugar Land's District 2, while Kaur, a Stanford and Harvard graduate, leads in San Antonio's District 1.