India's Sugar Economy: Checkpoint 1

Quick checkpoint - five questions on sugarcane, cane prices, arrears, mill economics and the sugar cycle.

Question 1 of 5 Which state is India's largest cane grower?

Uttar Pradesh Kerala Assam Goa

UP grows the most cane.

Question 2 of 5 Who sets the Fair and Remunerative Price for cane?

The central government Sugar mills Farmers alone The WTO

It's based on CACP recommendations.

Question 3 of 5 What are cane arrears?

Money mills owe farmers for delivered cane Taxes on sugar Loans to mills Export fees

Mills should pay within 14 days.

Question 4 of 5 What is bagasse used for?

Producing electricity through cogeneration Making glass Building roads Nothing

Mills burn it for steam and power.

Question 5 of 5 What causes the sugar cycle?

High prices lead to more planting and later gluts Constant demand and supply Government bans No weather effects

Supply responds with a lag.

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