**Executive Summary**
This document from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare provides an overview of sugarcane cultivation trends in India. The report highlights the increasing sugarcane production over the past five years, excluding a slight dip in 2023-24. It also discusses the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane and includes state-wise data on sugarcane production and area under cultivation, with the latest data spanning up to 2024-25.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Sugarcane Production Trends:**
* Sugarcane production in India has generally increased over the last five years, except for a slight decline in 2023-24.
* Production increased from 4053.99 lakh tonnes in 2020-21 to 4546.11 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, a rise of 492.12 lakh tonnes.
* The first advance estimate for 2025-26 sugarcane production is 4756.14 lakh tonne.
* **Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP):**
* FRP plays a significant role in sugarcane payments to farmers.
* Government policy interventions, like timely FRP declaration and diversion of surplus sugar to ethanol, have aided prompt sugarcane payments.
* The FRP has steadily increased from ₹285 per quintal in 2020-21 to ₹340 per quintal in 2024-25, and further to ₹355 per quintal for 2025-26.
* **State-wise Data:**
* State-wise sugarcane production for the last five years is provided in Annexure I.
* State-wise sugarcane area for the last five years is provided in Annexure II.
**Impact Analysis**
**Farmers**
* **Impact:** Increased sugarcane production and a rising FRP indicate a potentially positive trend in farmers' income. Timely payments facilitated by government policies can improve financial stability.
* **Action Required:** Understand the FRP rates and government policies related to sugarcane production and payments.
**Sugar Mills**
* **Impact:** Timely policy interventions enable sugar mills to release sugarcane payments to farmers promptly.
* **Action Required:** Implement and adhere to government policies regarding FRP, ethanol production, and sugar exports.
**Government (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare)**
* **Impact:** The Ministry is responsible for implementing policies that affect sugarcane production, pricing, and farmer payments.
* **Action Required:** Continue to monitor sugarcane production trends, declare FRP in a timely manner, and support policies that promote ethanol production and sugar exports.
**State Governments**
* **Impact:** State governments have to take action based on this report based on their levels of production, area, and other key aspects of sugarcane cultivation.
* **Action Required:** Monitor sugarcane production within their state, implement state advised price (SAP) along with FRP, encourage best practices among sugarcane farmers.
Key Entities Referenced
Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP): The minimum price that sugar mills must pay to sugarcane farmers for their produce, ensuring a fair price to farmers. The document tracks changes to the FRP.
State Advised Price (SAP): A price for sugarcane advised by state governments, impacting sugarcane payment to farmers. It influences farmer income and sugar production.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare: The central government body responsible for agricultural policies and programs related to sugarcane cultivation.
India: The primary geographic location where sugarcane production data is presented.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Sugarcane Cultivation
प्रव तथ: 12 DEC 2025 6:24PM by PIB Delhi
The production of sugarcane in the country has been increasing during the last five years, except in 2023-24,
when a slight decline was observed. Sugarcane production in the country has increased from 4053.99 lakh
tonnes in 2020-21 to 4546.11 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, registering an overall rise of 492.12 lakh tonnes during
the period. Further, as per the first advance estimate 2025-26 the sugarcane production is estimated at
4756.14 lakh tonne.
The farmers’ payments are not solely dependent upon sugarcane production, other factors such as Fair and
Remunerative Price (FRP) / State Advised Price (SAP) of sugarcane also plays major role in sugarcane
payment to the farmers. Due to the timely policy interventions of the Government in terms of timely
declaration of FRP, policy regarding diversion of surplus sugar to ethanol production, decision on sugar
export etc., sugar mills have been able to release sugarcane payments to farmers promptly.
The Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane, has been progressively enhanced from ₹285 per
quintal in 2020-21 to ₹340 per quintal in 2024-25, and further to ₹355 per quintal for 2025-26. The steady
increase in FRP, along with the overall increase in sugarcane production, indicates a positive trend in
farmers’ income. The State-wise sugarcane area in the country during the last five years is provided in
Annexure II. The State-wise sugarcane production in the country during the last five years is given in
Annexure I.
Annexure-I
State-wise Production of Sugarcane
Source: DA&FW
States/Uts Production (Thousand Tonnes)
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Andaman And Nicobar Islands 0.00 2.91 2.99 2.26 0.42
Andhra Pradesh 4138.64 3645.41 2955.72 2213.85 1985.32
Arunachal Pradesh 46.44 46.29 46.57 46.68 46.86Assam 1093.13 1160.03 1264.07 1379.85 1237.52
Bihar 12109.80 12025.58 12742.63 12084.10 12149.50
Chhattisgarh 1756.39 1958.04 2388.24 2040.61 1866.38
Dadra And Nagar Haveli 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goa 35.63 35.34 30.50 25.66 21.51
Gujarat 16954.72 17459.11 13461.47 14480.33 13714.33
Haryana 8531.72 8822.57 8860.50 7373.60 5830.21
Himachal Pradesh 22.68 22.65 22.23 22.09 20.55
Jammu And Kashmir 0.08 0.00 0.27 0.27 0.27
Jharkhand 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 33.88
Karnataka 42528.00 61152.00 59346.00 41811.00 48060.00
Kerala 106.66 10.43 101.24 75.86 21.11
Madhya Pradesh 5440.65 5379.12 6443.68 7590.00 6108.63
Maharashtra 105137.60 116076.40 123968.16 112087.56 109970.18
Manipur 279.41 279.41 289.51 278.26 290.19
Meghalaya 0.39 0.40 0.37 0.36 0.36
Mizoram 42.96 36.95 41.37 24.23 21.31
Nagaland 203.02 104.59 108.49 115.11 87.08
Odisha 381.31 397.61 394.21 411.86 680.74
Puducherry 187.04 0.00 161.16 150.80 92.25
Punjab 7487.00 7130.88 7506.01 7509.51 7279.48
Rajasthan 393.74 321.43 310.22 345.34 465.47Tamil Nadu 13284.63 16166.43 17658.39 15927.45 13350.78
Telangana 1750.98 2864.57 2942.72 2433.13 1916.19
Tripura 48.58 48.41 37.89 37.89 29.72
Uttar Pradesh 178339.26 179167.10 224245.87 215810.94 220801.27
Uttarakhand 3680.00 3520.00 3760.00 7776.00 7650.21
West Bengal 1418.25 1591.25 1442.89 1103.88 879.26
All India 405398.71 439424.89 490533.35 453158.49 454610.97
Annexure-II
State-wise Area of Sugarcane
Source: DA&FW
States/Uts Area (Thousand Hectares)
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Andaman And Nicobar Islands 0.00 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.07
Andhra Pradesh 55.00 47.00 40.00 27.49 22.00
Arunachal Pradesh 2.15 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.17
Assam 30.50 29.77 29.00 29.22 29.23
Bihar 221.12 211.16 210.18 202.15 192.57
Chhattisgarh 31.55 34.94 41.98 35.70 33.37
Dadra And Nagar Haveli 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goa 0.55 0.53 0.49 0.45 0.40
Gujarat 219.26 222.96 181.07 202.18 188.77
Haryana 99.00 107.70 107.75 88.22 71.64
Himachal Pradesh 1.47 1.49 1.44 1.43 1.33Jammu And Kashmir 0.04 0.00 0.23 0.23 0.23
Jharkhand 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.45
Karnataka 443.00 637.00 659.40 543.00 540.00
Kerala 0.92 0.92 0.93 0.65 0.25
Madhya Pradesh 95.00 93.00 92.00 115.00 107.00
Maharashtra 1142.80 1261.70 1359.30 1437.02 1167.04
Manipur 4.94 4.94 5.03 4.96 5.96
Meghalaya 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.12
Mizoram 1.38 1.29 1.46 1.04 0.79
Nagaland 4.46 3.65 2.49 2.64 2.01
Odisha 7.00 7.05 7.33 7.18 13.26
Puducherry 1.34 0.00 1.34 1.23 0.75
Punjab 89.30 86.80 90.30 90.20 88.72
Rajasthan 4.98 4.24 3.53 4.16 5.82
Tamil Nadu 127.70 147.99 158.97 151.69 130.89
Telangana 22.00 28.00 28.00 27.00 20.59
Tripura 0.86 0.88 0.68 0.68 0.53
Uttar Pradesh 2180.00 2177.00 2794.55 2653.00 2720.40
Uttarakhand 46.00 44.00 47.00 94.09 90.37
West Bengal 18.80 18.98 18.45 16.58 13.21
All India 4851.23 5175.41 5885.32 5739.60 5449.93
This information was given by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Ramnath
Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.******
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