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WITH RECORD SUGARCANE CENTRE GIVES RS 58 CRORE INTEREST

PRODUCTION, SUGAR INDUSTRY SUBSIDY UNDER THE PM SVANIDHI YOJANA.

o ensure that street
BECOMES SELF-RELIANT Tvendors can easily
resume their business
he Central Government's policies to make the country's after Covid-19, the
Tsugar industry self-reliant are impacting not only Central Government
record sugarcane production but also rapidly increasing established the Prime
sugarcane procurement, sugar exports, and ethanol Minister's Street
production. Without any government subsidies, the sugar Vendor Self-Reliant
industry has paid sugarcane farmers 99.98% in 2020-21 Fund (PM SVANidhi) on June 1, 2020. The government
and more than 98% in 2021-22 sugar seasons. Although has paid Rs 58.83 crore in interest subsidies and Rs
international sugar prices are high, the country's average 25.70 crore in cashback to its beneficiaries up to
retail price of sugar remains "sweet" due to its stability. January 20, 2023.
More than 5000 lakh metric tonnes of sugarcane and According to the answers given in the Lok Sabha,
394 lakh metric tonnes of sugar were produced in the an amount of approximately Rs 4,828 crore has
country between 2021 and 2022. 36 lakh metric tonnes been distributed to 33.45 lakh street vendors under
of sugar were used to produce ethanol. Sugar mills have this scheme till January 31, 2023. The scheme has
received Rs 20,000 crore from ethanol sales this year, now been extended until December 2024. In January
and Rs 48,573 crore over the last three years. The target 2021, an umbrella initiative known as "Swanidhi se
of producing ethanol from the remaining 45-50 lakh Samridhi" was launched under this scheme with the
metric tonnes of sugar during the 2022-23 sugar season goal of creating an ecosystem to improve the standard
has been increased to 60 lakh metric tonnes by 2025. of living of the beneficiary families by connecting
This will improve the mills' cash flow and the timely currently running eight schemes of the government.
payment of dues to sugarcane farmers.

"VISIT INDIA YEAR 2023 CAMPAIGN"

LAUNCHED, LOGO UNVEILED

nion Tourism
Uand Culture
Minister G. Kishan
Reddy, launched
the Visit India Year
2023 campaign and
Ethanol production from residual sugar unveiled its logo on
January 31 to attract
sugar season year ethanol production from sugar foreign tourists
2018-19 3.37 Lakh Tonnes during India's G-20
2019-20 9.26 lakh tonnes presidency. More than one lakh foreign delegates will
visit India this year and to promote tourism India is
2020-21 22 lakh tonnes showing them monuments, festivals, and all aspects

2021-22 36 lakh tonnes of Indian culture.
The lost charm of tourism has begun to return as
This is how sugar exports are increasing a result of the Government of India's efforts in the
midst of the global pandemic. There were 15.2 lakh
Sugar season year export foreign tourists in 2021, which increased to 61.9 lakh
in 2022, representing a 305.4% increase. To promote
2019-20 59.60 lakh tonnes tourism in the country, the government launched an
2020-21 70 lakh tonnes e-Visa facility for citizens of 165 countries in five
subcategories, as well as a 24x7 multilingual tourism
2021-22 109 lakh tonnes helpline.

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