Sugar has been produced in India since ancient 1200BC and then it spread to other parts. Sugarcane is a native of tropical Indian and Pakistan subcontinent then to Southeast Asia.[1] In India, sugarcane is planted thrice a year in October, March and July depending on part of the country.[2] Most of the sugar production in India takes at local Cooperative Sugar mills.[3][4] After gaining Independence, India made serious plans for overall industrial development of sugar industry.[5]
- ^ Moxham, Roy (2002-02-07). The Great Hedge of India: The Search for the Living Barrier that Divided a People. Basic Books. ISBN 9780786709762.
- ^ "Planting time: Sugarcane | agropedia". Agropedia.iitk.ac.in. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "NFCSF – National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories Limited". Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Cooperative sugar mills seek sops to begin crushing in next season". The Financial Express. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Indian Sugar Industry, Sugar Industry in India, Sugar Industry, Sugar Industries". www.indianmirror.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.