**Executive Summary**
This document is a response to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha concerning sugarcane production in Uttar Pradesh. The document provides detailed information on sugarcane yield, farmer income, outstanding dues, sugar mill closures, and measures to combat crop diseases and flood damage. The response includes data for various districts in Uttar Pradesh and details on steps taken to address issues affecting sugarcane production, focusing on the period from 2012-13 to 2024-25, with the information current to December 2, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Sugarcane Yield:**
* District-wise annual sugarcane yield details for Uttar Pradesh from 2012-13 to 2023-24 are in Annexure I.
* **Sugarcane Farmers:**
* There are 47.34 lakh sugarcane-supplying farmers in Uttar Pradesh.
* Net income from sugarcane cultivation: ₹53,530/hectare (Cost C2 basis) and ₹1,55,949/hectare (Cost A1 basis).
* **Sugarcane Price Payments:**
* Sugarcane price payments for 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 are fully paid.
* Outstanding sugarcane price payments for 2023-24 and 2024-25 are in Annexure II.
* **Sugar Mill Closures:**
* Two sugar mills closed in the last 5 years: Kaptanganj (Kushinagar) and Satha (Aligarh), due to non-availability of sugarcane.
* **Crop Damage:**
* 6,372 hectares affected by red rot disease and 71,285 hectares by floods and waterlogging in the current crushing season.
* **Disease Control Measures:**
* Implemented preventive measures against red rot, including uprooting affected plants, soil treatment with fungicide, use of healthy seeds, seed treatment, and crop rotation.
* Promoting replacement of sugarcane variety Co.0238 with disease-resistant varieties (CoSha 13235, CoSha 17231, etc.).
* 12.38 lakh hectares of Co.0238 have been substituted.
* **Flood and Waterlogging Management:**
* High-level weekly reviews were conducted by the Additional Chief Secretary.
* Teams comprising field-level officers, scientists, and sugar mill staff inspected affected areas and issued advisories.
* Pesticide spraying was carried out over 38,359 hectares via 391 drones.
* **Outstanding Cane Price Payments (as of Nov 25, 2025):**
* Total outstanding dues for Season 2024-25 are ₹1628.96 Crore, at 95.34% Paid.
* **Outstanding Cane Price Payments (as of Nov 25, 2025):**
* Total outstanding dues for Season 2023-24 are ₹27.07 Crore, at 99.92% Paid.
**Impact Analysis**
**Sugarcane Farmers:**
* **Impact:** Directly affected by sugarcane yield, income, outstanding dues, and crop damage.
* **Action Required:** Adopt suggested disease control measures, and stay informed through issued advisories.
**Sugar Mills:**
* **Impact:** Responsible for making sugarcane price payments and affected by sugarcane availability and closures.
* **Action Required:** Clear outstanding sugarcane price payments.
**State Government (Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department):**
* **Impact:** Responsible for providing information and implementing measures for sugarcane production and disease control.
* **Action Required:** Continue monitoring sugarcane production, managing disease outbreaks, and providing support to farmers.
Key Entities Referenced
Uttar Pradesh : State where sugarcane production is being examined.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare : Primary ministry responsible for addressing sugarcane production and farmer welfare.
Indian Sugarcane Research Institute, Lucknow : Research institution whose findings are referenced regarding sugarcane cultivation income.
Lok Sabha : Parliament to which the unstarred questions regarding sugarcane production were addressed.
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O.I.H.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 324
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2ND DECEMBER, 2025
SUGARCANE PRODUCTION IN UTTAR PRADESH
324. SMT. DIMPLE YADAV:
MS IQRA CHOUDHARY:
SHRI DEVESH SHAKYA:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ(cid:874)ष एव ं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण म(cid:287)ं ी
be pleased to state:
(a) the details of the annual yield of sugarcane produced in district-wise, Uttar Pradesh
from the year 2012-13 to 2024-25;
(b) the total number of sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh and their average income on
the basis of sources of income – such as supply to sugar mills and jaggery production
classified district-wise;
(c) the details of total outstanding dues payable to sugarcane farmers by sugar mills
district wise in Uttar Pradesh during the last five years;
(d) the number of sugar mills closed due to low production or declining yields in the last
five years;
(e) whether the Government is aware of the damage to sugarcane crop due to 'red rot
disease' and floods affecting sugarcane crops in Uttar Pradesh; and
(f) if so, the steps taken to control the disease and compensate for crop losses?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ(cid:874)ष एवं (cid:873)कसान क(cid:227)याण रा(cid:207)य म(cid:287)ं ी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)
(a): The details of the district-wise yield of sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh from 2012-13 to
2023-24 are given at the Annexure I.
(b): As per the information received from the State Government (Sugar Industry and Cane
Development Department), at present, there are a total of 47.34 lakh sugarcane-supplying
farmers in the State of Uttar Pradesh. According to the Indian Sugarcane Research
Institute, Lucknow, their net income from sugarcane cultivation is ₹53,530 per hectare on
Cost C2 (Actual paid out expenses + rent paid for leased-in-land + Family labour + Imputedrent and interest on own land + Fixed Assets) basis and ₹1,55,949 per hectare on Cost A1
(Actual paid out expenses) basis.
(c): Sugarcane price payments for the 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23 crushing seasons
have already been made by the sugar mills in the state. The details of the outstanding
sugarcane price payments for 2023-24 and 2024-25 crushing seasons, listed sugarmill-wise
and district-wise, are given at Annexure II.
(d): During the last 5 years, only 2 sugar mills, namely, Kaptanganj(Kushinagar) and
Satha(Aligarh) remained closed in the State of Uttar Pradesh due to non-availability of
sugarcane.
(e): In the current crushing season only 6372 hectares have been affected by red rot
disease and 71,285 hectares have been affected by floods and waterlogging.
(f): To protect from the red rot disease susceptible sugarcane variety Co.0238, preventive
measures like uprooting and destroying the plants affected by red rot and treating the soil of
the affected area with a solution of chemicals like fungicide Hexastop etc., use of healthy
seeds, seed treatment and adopting crop rotation have been implemented. For effective
control and prevention of diseases, crop inspection and necessary advisory have been
issued from time to time by a team of scientists.
In addition, for the phased replacement of the sugarcane variety Co.0238, the varieties
developed by the U.P. Sugarcane Research Council, Shahjahanpur; the Indian Institute of
Sugarcane Research, Lucknow; and the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Karnal- namely
CoSha 13235, CoSha 17231, CoSha 18231, CoLk 14201, CoLk 16202, CoLk 15466, Co
15023, Co 0118, CoSha 19231, and CoSe 17451- are being promoted to replace and
balance the disease-susceptible variety. During the past four years, 12.38 lakh hectares of
the affected variety Co.0238 have already been substituted with other varieties.
Further, to address the problem of floods and waterlogging, high-level weekly reviews
were conducted at the level of the Additional Chief Secretary, and teams comprising field-
level officers, scientists, and sugar mill staff were constituted to inspect the affected areas
and issue advisories. Using 391 drones, pesticide spraying was carried out over 38,359
hectares of sugarcane area in the affected regions.Annexure I
DISTRICT-WISE YIELD OF SUGARCANE IN UTTAR PRADESH FROM 2012-13 TO 2023-24
Source: DA&FW
Yield in Kg/Ha
Sl.
District 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
No.
1 Agra 45354 47992 42110 46705 53601 56684 54863 65803 - - - -
2 Aligarh 61568 60928 59876 61644 67224 74384 79432 80756 81802 80205 82941 83226
3 Ambedkar Nagar 62293 61828 62452 61343 68626 74263 76678 74500 74803 94216 80097 76438
4 Amethi 62293 61828 62452 61343 68626 74263 76678 75309 - - - -
5 Amroha 64248 69676 70536 71032 74024 85264 84252 82336 82881 83823 83113 82639
6 Auraiya 60705 59593 57613 57837 60367 64697 65512 64557 - - - -
7 Ayodhya 63908 65976 66400 65908 70264 76956 76332 76532 77426 77506 77544 78856
8 Azamgarh 58100 57532 61608 59464 60676 60964 62756 63000 61428 62278 66095 71773
9 Baghpat 73464 77304 73556 77032 77132 84888 86640 85352 87254 87422 89401
10 Bahraich 53936 55968 57692 58864 65560 71316 74032 76020 76276 76506 78269 78737
11 Ballia 48028 52008 52064 57844 65808 54968 53528 53132 60710 62211 65018 67279
12 Balrampur 50440 48284 51172 53772 54168 65864 67400 67920 65337 65452 65938 67084
13 Banda 37154 44668 40445 36684 42953 38332 39002 39771 - - - -
14 Barabanki 60312 61236 57944 60200 70368 79476 81992 82116 82425 80686 81981 82296
15 Bareilly 62648 61560 61688 62580 69148 80092 74740 76888 77183 77989 80108 77511
16 Basti 60344 61564 62720 61264 65348 66072 69172 62056 64487 64958 69059 69781
17 Bhadohi 54244 63753 65781 67032 72667 79245 80808 81313 - - - -
18 Bijnor 58472 59932 65744 68656 78404 83396 85952 86492 87530 88549 90032 89491
19 Budaun 58016 61300 59004 66356 69388 73036 72428 69752 77744 78253 81999 82468
20 Bulandshahr 60964 65372 63052 66172 77052 83652 89632 87672 88231 88465 90186 90337
21 Chandauli 51544 55083 57521 58497 61453 64522 65983 57010 - - - -
22 Chitrakoot 37152 44668 40444 36688 42954 38332 39000 39769 - - - -
23 Deoria 59280 56580 63116 60904 62600 64624 73668 74876 65074 66200 67541 67598
24 Etah 60398 61467 57399 61289 65167 70761 71943 72536 75545 79387 - -
25 Etawah 60703 59592 57613 57838 60368 64697 65510 64557 - - - -
26 Farrukhabad 62728 61716 60692 60508 62220 65372 66392 64816 65645 68768 70344 77424
27 Fatehpur 61137 68229 65781 67032 72667 36728 38402 81313 - - - -Sl.
District 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
No.
28 Firozabad 45355 47994 42111 46706 53587 56679 54861 65804 - - - -
Gautam Buddha - - - -
67193 70679 73199 75141 79927 89098 89204 88084
29 Nagar
30 Ghaziabad 64236 69140 67356 75880 78448 88816 85208 85424 87876 88331 90560 89795
31 Ghazipur 46124 48576 54720 56924 57076 61916 61432 53728 59170 62859 63045 63376
32 Gonda 59344 57708 51468 54488 60444 70028 74864 76416 76911 77411 78724 79591
33 Gorakhpur 64752 62556 61468 53112 61128 65052 71836 71564 60218 60355 68411 70584
34 Hamirpur 37154 44669 40445 36685 42953 38332 39001 39770 - - - -
35 Hapur 62500 65184 70328 67656 78564 83312 83624 84408 84685 83041 85109 86035
36 Hardoi 61676 58092 60116 62456 69000 75532 78320 78428 79324 79975 81967 82552
37 Hathras 60400 61469 57397 61286 65164 74265 79268 80490 - - - -
38 Jalaun 37154 40158 40432 34426 38042 39439 37136 36755 - - - -
39 Jaunpur 55860 57364 57260 57352 63120 65872 69440 62460 65552 61252 65327 67930
40 Jhansi 37154 40159 40430 34425 38035 39442 37138 36752 - - - -
41 Kannauj 60702 59593 57615 57831 60370 64696 65514 64554 - - - -
42 Kanpur Dehat 60704 59593 57613 57837 60368 64697 65512 64557 71960 72713 - -
43 Kanpur Nagar 55304 54008 49756 50328 55576 61732 63200 63888 - - 74352 78198
44 Kasganj 58620 62012 55228 61012 64012 74264 79268 80490 - - 82892 81893
45 Kaushambi 61137 68229 65781 67032 72667 36728 38402 81313 - - - -
46 Kheri 60276 62660 66100 66420 71988 80708 86340 86848 85373 85640 86857 86834
47 Kushi Nagar 56820 59768 60168 62664 66904 73540 77620 77780 71296 71918 77732 79040
48 Lalitpur 37162 40161 40423 34421 38049 39417 37138 36769 - - - -
49 Lucknow 61330 62708 65913 65975 71355 78086 82161 82429 - - - -
50 Maharajganj 60732 61020 59756 60132 64196 65832 67800 67824 65725 66480 69544 70069
51 Mahoba 37154 44669 40445 36685 42953 38332 39001 39770 - - - -
52 Mainpuri 45351 47993 42112 46704 53600 56685 54865 65803 - - - -
53 Mathura 45352 47991 42112 46704 53600 56685 54863 65805 61069 58824 61947 77547
54 Mau 47868 51224 51804 52808 58172 60600 63400 64096 58261 61875 63369 71302
55 Meerut 68080 71152 78492 79468 83228 95384 92712 91004 91176 91472 91495 91758
56 Mirzapur 54244 63753 65781 67032 72667 79245 80807 81313 - - - -
57 Moradabad 63476 64056 64536 64516 69568 78084 76380 77312 77530 77827 79873 79479
58 Muzaffarnagar 71416 72944 71876 75940 82856 86652 86408 90764 92323 93306 94887 95134
80081
Pilibhit 65660 59248 69440 64160 70125 81156 77368 77656 79919 80627 83004
59Sl.
District 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
No.
60 Pratapgarh 61137 68229 65781 67032 72667 36728 38402 81314 - - - -
61 Prayagraj 61136 68228 65780 67032 72667 36729 38402 81313 - - - -
62 Rae Bareli 51532 53212 54344 53708 56100 51536 58376 59596 64478 57286 62219 69686
63 Rampur 58800 62384 62340 63180 69640 75032 79100 80320 80338 80799 80449 81279
64 Saharanpur 62288 61800 65856 66748 70192 73236 77468 79648 82113 83463 84476 83741
65 Sambhal 59560 61532 63400 65076 71340 78380 78312 79380 80256 80954 83961 85776
66 Sant Kabeer Nagar 60344 61564 62720 61264 65348 66072 69172 62056 - - - -
67 Shahjahanpur 61400 60908 67564 67124 74592 81132 80036 80052 78833 79125 80306 80672
68 Shamli 71064 76632 78844 80776 84340 92924 96212 99064 100435 101419 102512 103363
69 Shravasti 55353 54626 52858 55600 59305 68964 72508 73733 - - - -
70 Siddharth Nagar 60344 61564 62720 61264 65348 66072 69172 62056 66085 65844 68273 65507
71 Sitapur 63164 64676 66620 66552 70928 75520 76544 76596 76767 77854 79390 80800
72 Sonbhadra 54243 63752 65781 67032 72663 79250 80805 81315 - - - -
73 Sultanpur 60744 54572 59248 54364 63468 63424 71772 67323 68457 25267 73251 73086
74 Unnao 61328 62707 65912 65977 71354 78088 82159 82427 - - - -
75 Varanasi 51544 60744 63240 63412 65948 66868 67096 50324 59908 66483 65737 71166Annexure II
Last Five Years Mill-wise, District-wise Balance Cane Price Information
Season 2024-25
As on 25.11.2025 (Rs. in Crore)
Sr. Name Of Name Of Payment
Due Till Date Balance
No. Sugar mills Districts Percent (%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Gagnauli Saharanpur 255.45 191.78 63.67 75.08
2 Todarpur Saharanpur 93.92 62.79 31.13 66.85
3 Budhana Muzaffarnagar 455.05 427.77 27.28 94.01
4 Thanabhawan Shamli 390.98 335.69 55.29 85.86
5 Unn Shamli 303.77 284.51 19.26 93.66
6 Modinagar Ghaziabad 307.29 274.30 32.99 89.26
7 Simbhaoli Hapur 416.05 313.51 102.54 75.35
8 Brijnathpur Hapur 155.43 109.12 46.31 70.21
9 Malakpur Baghpat 470.64 293.16 177.48 62.29
10 Belai Bijnor 382.00 347.05 34.95 90.85
11 Belari Moradabad 164.21 137.85 26.36 83.95
12 Nawabganj Barielly 39.45 0.00 39.45 0.00
13 Baheri Barielly 218.14 63.79 154.35 29.24
14 Maqsoodapur Sahjahanpur 169.85 86.17 83.68 50.73
15 Bakhera Pilibhit 165.84 83.42 82.42 50.30
16 Bisauli Badaun 95.19 75.17 20.02 78.97
17 Neoli Kasganj 55.71 39.06 16.65 70.11
18 Gola Lakhimpur 506.82 358.53 148.29 70.74
19 Paliakalan Lakhimpur 327.20 203.60 123.60 62.22
20 Khambharkhera Lakhimpur 346.10 273.68 72.42 79.08
21 Itai Maida Balrampur 115.60 79.13 36.47 68.45
22 Kundrakhi Gonda 273.55 174.13 99.42 63.66
23 Chilwaria Behraich 94.53 0.00 94.53 0.00
24 Rudhauli Basti 104.70 75.89 28.81 72.48
25 Pratappur Deoria 45.16 33.66 11.50 74.53
26 Sathiaon (coop.) Azamgarh 129.57 129.38 0.19 99.85
TOTAL STATE (U.P.) 34947.85 33318.89 1628.96 95.34
Season 2023-24
(Rs. in Crore)
Sr. Name Of Name Of Payment
Due Till Date Balance
No. Sugar mills Districts Percent (%)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1 Nawabganj Bareilly 107.12 88.48 18.64 82.60
2 Chilwaria Behraich 133.08 124.65 8.43 93.67
TOTAL STATE (U.P.) 35908.33 35881.26 27.07 99.92
Note: Full payment for the season 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 has been made.
Source: Sugar Industry and Cane Development Department, Govt. of U.P.
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