Over 70.5 lakh tonnes of sugar have been produced till December against 69 lt during the corresponding period of the previous sugar season.

where 178 mills are in operation, produced 29 lt, which is 3.30 lt more than that in the same period last year. The average recovery rates of the mills are slightly higher this year at 10.18 per cent. Uttar Pradesh produced close to 19 lt, nearly 4.4 lt lower than the last season with 116 mills in operation.