UP is top ethanol producer after integration with sugar sector: Adityanath

The state produces more than 1,126 mn litres a year, CM claims

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath said on Wednesday said that his government has successfully integrated the sugar sector with ethanol production for the accrual of sustainable benefit to sugarcane farmers.

Speaking in the state legislative assembly in Lucknow, Adityanath said owing to the measures taken by his government, UP has emerged as the country’s top ethanol producer with an annual capacity of more than 1,126 million litres.

He said, earlier UP sugar mills were either shutting down their operations or were being sold off at throwaway prices during the previous regimes. The present government facilitated Rs 88,000 crore of cane