Latest Sugar Industry News & Cooperative Sector Updates
Latest Sugar Industry News & Cooperative Sector Updates
Sugar Season 2025-26 As the 2025-26 crushing season enters its final phase, a clear divergence has emerged between India’s top three sugar-producing states. While production volumes have rebounded from last year’s lows, the industry is grappling with a massive ethanol…
New Delhi – India has exported 2,01,547 tonnes of sugar through February in the current 2025-26 marketing year, with the United Arab Emirates the top destination, the All India Sugar Trade Association (AISTA) said. Sugar exports remain under government control…
Gandhinagar: A high-level meeting of Cooperation Ministers from all states and union territories will be convened in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on February 17 to review key reforms and expansion plans in the cooperative sector, including the proposed establishment of two lakh…
India’s sugar sector producing 300-350 lakh tonnes of sugar annually from 5000 lakh tonnes of cane is undergoing a profound shift. Traditional mills are evolving into integrated bio-refineries, co-producing sugar, ethanol (for 20%+ blending mandates), cogenerated power (from bagasse), and…
Can Also Improve India’s Position on Climate Commitments The exclusion of the entire biogas value while calculating excise duty on biogas-blended CNG is the most concrete, balance-sheet-level intervention in Union Budget 2026–27 for the sugar-linked bioenergy sector. Unlike earlier support…
– Prof. Nandkumar Kakirde Sugar is consumed in excessive quantities throughout the day in our daily lives, from morning until night. Considering the alarmingly high prevalence of diabetes, India has been identified globally as the “diabetes capital.” Against this backdrop,…
London: SugarToday Magazine, a publication dedicated to the sugar industry, cooperative sector, and allied industries, has opened its new international office in London at the beginning of the New Year. Senior journalist Ashish K has been appointed as the Europe…
I recently had the opportunity to speak at a state-level conference jointly organized by the Padma Shri Dr. Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Chair of Cooperation and the Department of Commerce, Savitribai Phule Pune University, on the theme “Economic Pathways for the…
On 26th November 2025, Dr. Pramod Chaudhari, Founder and Chairman of Praj Industries, marks a milestone—his 76th birthday. It is an occasion that offers more than an opportunity to celebrate a personal milestone; it is a moment to reflect on…
By – Dilip Patil, (Co-Chairman, IFGE’s Sugar Bioenergy Forum and Council Member DSTA) At the Deccan Sugar Technologist Association’s (DSTA) annual conference yesterday, Shri Vivek Verma, Managing Director at Spray Engineering Devices Limited (SEDL), delivered a compelling presentation on a…
