The government on Friday allowed sugar mills to use both cane juice and B-heavy molasses to produce ethanol but capped the diversion of sugar for the purpose at 17 lakh tonnes for the ongoing 2023-24 supply year. The latest decision comes a week after the government prohibited the use of sugarcane juice and sugar syrup for making ethanol, amid the…
![The government has estimated sugar production to decline to 32.3-33 million tonnes in the 2023-24 season (October-September), as against 37.3 million tonnes in the previous season](https://www.dwarikesh.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Harvested-Sugarcane-581x435-1.jpg)