Sugar Industry in India


About Sugar Industry in India

Sugar consumption rate is highest in India as shown in the statistics received from USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. However, as per production is concerned, India has notched up 2nd position following Brazil, the largest sugar producer in the world.

The Indian sugar industry uses sugarcane in the production of sugar and hence maximum number of the companies is likely to be found in the sugarcane growing states of India including Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 24% of the overall sugar production in the nation and Maharashtra's contribution can be totaled to 20%.

There are 453 sugar mills in India. Co-operative sector has 252 mills and private sector has 134 mills. Public sector boasts of around 67 mills.

Sugar Industry set up across India


  • Andhra Pradesh Sugar Industry
  • Bihar Sugar Industry
  • Gujarat Sugar Industry
  • Haryana Sugar Industry
  • Himachal Pradesh Sugar Industry
  • Karnataka Sugar Industry
  • Madhya Pradesh Sugar Industry
  • Maharashtra Sugar Industry
  • Chhattisgarh Sugar Industry
  • Manipur Sugar Industry
  • Orissa Sugar Industry
  • Punjab Sugar Industry
  • Tamilnadu Sugar Industry
  • Uttaranchal Sugar Industry
  • Uttar Pradesh Sugar Industry
  • West Bengal Sugar Industry

Beginning of Sugar Industry in India


Sugar is made from sugarcane, which was arguably discovered thousands of years ago in New Guinea. From there, the route was traced to India and Southeast Asia. It was India which began producing sugar following the process of pressing sugarcane to extract juice and boil it to get crystals.

It was in 1950-51 the government of India made serious industrial development plans and set the targets for production and consumption of sugar. It projected the license and installment capacity for the sugar industry in its Five Year Plans.

Types of Sugar Industry in India


The sugar industry can be divided into two sectors including organized and unorganized sector. Sugar factories belong to the organized sector and those who produce traditional sweeteners fall into unorganized sector. Gur and khandsari are the traditional forms of sweeteners.

Manufacturing Process followed in Sugar Industry in India


Several steps are usually followed to produce sugar. These steps can be mentioned as below:

  • Extracting juice by pressing sugarcane
  • Boiling the juice to obtain crystals
  • Creating raw sugar by spinning crystals in extractors
  • Taking raw sugar to a refinery for the process of filtering and washing to discard remaining non-sugar elements and hue
  • Crystallizing and drying sugar
  • Packaging the ready sugar

 

Machinery Suppliers for Sugar Industry in India


Some of the suppliers that offer cutting-edge machines to the companies involved in sugar industry of India are:

  • Sakthi Sugars Ltd
  • Sri Sujay Engineering Products
  • Sri Vijayalakshmi Industries
  • Murthy Industries
  • Parveen Perforaters & Allied Industries
  • Aeromen Engg Co
  • Kamla Foundry & Workshop
  • Tinytech Plants
  • Baba Vishwakarma Engineering Co. (P) Limited

Software Companies in India


It's the technological revolution that at times brings surprising opportunities for some nations. India, though not among the front runners in terms of economic growth, has successfully utilized such opportunities in the revolution to become an IT hotspot. For the past several years, India has been an increasingly favored destination for customized software development. As a result, a number of software companies in India have come up. Not only the number of players has increased in the Indian IT market, but at the same time, Indian software companies have done considerably well in the global market. Such huge success of software companies in India has given birth to a new speculation – whether other developing countries should imitate Indian example and whether the success of India would constitute a competitive challenge to the software industry of the developed world or not.

The Software Industry in India

With the huge success of the software companies in India, the Indian software industry in turn has become successful in making a mark in the global arena. This industry has been instrumental in driving the economy of the nation on to a rapid growth curve. As per the study of NASSCOM-Deloitte, the contribution of IT/ITES industry to the GDP of the country has soared up to a share of 5% in 2007 from a mere 1.2% in 1998. Besides, this industry has also recorded revenue of US$ 64 billion with a growth rate of 33% in the fiscal year ended in 2008.

The export of software has also grown up, which has been instrumental in the huge success of the Indian software companies as well as the industry. In fact, software export from India accounts for more than 65% of the total software revenue. The domestic software market largely depends upon sale of software packages and products, which constitute major part of revenues. Products account for almost 40% of the domestic market. On the other hand, more than 80% of revenue from software exports comes from software services like custom software development and consultancy services etc.

Reasons behind Success of Indian software companies

There are a number of reasons why the software companies in India have been so successful. Besides the Indian software companies, a number of multinational giants have also plunged into the India IT market.

India is the hub of cheap and skilled software professionals, which are available in abundance. It helps the software companies to develop cost-effective business solutions for their clients. As a result, Indian software companies can place their products and services in the global market in the most competitive rate. This is the reason why India has been a favorite destination for outsourcing as well. Many multinational IT giants also have their offshore development centers in India.

IT Business Sectors

Most of the software companies in India are into varied types of business. There can be several types of business in the IT sectors:

  • Infrastructure Software: These include OS, middleware and databases.
  • Enterprise Software: These automate business process in diverse verticals like finance, sales and marketing, production and logistics.
  • Security Software
  • Industry-specific Software
  • Contract Programming

Top Software Companies in India


There are plenty of software companies in India which have been doing well. However, some of the top Indian software companies can be listed as:

  • Tata Consultancy Services
  • Wipro Limited
  • Infosys
  • HCL Technologies
  • Tech Mahindra
  • Patni Computer Systems
  • i-flex Solutions
  • MphasiS
  • L&T Infotech
  • IBM India
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