?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F6065%2F&rft.title=Indian+sugar+industry+-+a+strong+industrial+base+for+rural+India&rft.creator=Pandey%2C+Adya+Prasad&rft.subject=A1+-+General+Economics&rft.subject=A10+-+General&rft.description=Indian+sugar+industry%2C+second+largest+agro-based+processing+industry+afte+the%0Acotton+textiles+industry+in+country%2C+has+a+lion's+share+in+accelerating+industrialization%0Aprocess+and+bringing+socio-economic+changes+in+under+developed+rural+areas.+Sugar%0Aindustry+covers+around+7.5%25+of+total+rural+population+and+provides+employment+to+5+lakh%0Arural+people.+About+4.5+crore+farmers+are+engaged+in+sugarcane+cultivation+in+Inda.+Sugar%0Amills+(cooperative%2C+private%2C+and+public)+have+been+instrumental+in+initiating+a+number+of%0Aentrepreneurial+activities+in+rural+India.+Present+paper+is+an+attempt+as+to+review+progress%0Aof+sugar+industry+in+India%2C+understand+it's+problems+and+challenges+in+context+of+ongoing%0Aliberalization+process.+Indian+sugar+industry+can+be+a+global+leader+provided+it+comes+out%0Aof+the+vicious+cycle+of+shortage+and+surplus+of+sugarcane%2C+lower+sugarcane+yield%2C+lower%0Asugar+recovery%2C+ever+increasing+production+costs+and+mounting+losses.+It+needs+quality%0Amanagement+at+all+levels+of+activity+to+enhance+productivity+and+production.+Attention+is%0Arequired+on+cost+minimization+and+undertaking+by+product+processing+activities.&rft.date=2007-12-03&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F6065%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_6065.pdf&rft.identifier=++Pandey%2C+Adya+Prasad++(2007)%3A+Indian+sugar+industry+-+a+strong+industrial+base+for+rural+India.++Forthcoming+in%3A+++++&rft.language=en