States take measures to revive 202 sick sugar mills across the country
The measures include PPPs and collaborations
The State governments are taking various steps, including private, public partnerships and collaborations to revive non-operational sugar mills.
Recently, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution told the Lok Sabha that there are 202 non-operational sugar mills across the States while 493 mills are operational.
“In the case of private sector sugar mills, it is the responsibility of the entrepreneurs to take necessary steps to operationalise their closed sugar mills, and in case of co-operative/public sector sugar mills, the responsibility lies with the co-operative societies/respective state governments” the Ministry stated.