BS Samriddhi: Uttar Pradesh’s sugar industry grows by leaps and bounds
Uttar Pradesh’s sugar industry has expanded significantly under the Yogi Adityanath government, strengthening its role in ethanol blending, rural development, and farmer welfare. With 4.5 million households dependent on sugarcane, the state cultivated 2.95 million hectares in 2024-25, producing 249.42 million tonnes and supporting broader economic growth through higher productivity and allied initiatives.
From being a significant contributor to India’s ethanol blending programme to initiating projects for social development, Uttar Pradesh’s sugar industry has grown immensely in the last eight years under the Yogi Adityanath government, expanding its wings beyond sugar production to rural development, renewable energy, farmer welfare, and national economic progress.
Besides paddy and wheat, sugarcane is a major cash crop of UP, with 4.5 million farmer households directly involved in its cultivation across the state.
In the 2024-25 sugar season that ended in September 2025, sugarcane was grown in around 2.95 million hectares of land in Uttar Pradesh, producing around 249.42 million tonnes of sugarcane with an average yield of 8.32 tonnes per hectare.
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Source : Business Standard
