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Government of India Ministry of Commerce. Report of the Indian Tariff Board on the Continuance of Protection to the Sugar Industry Bombay

1950

We have finally attempted to assess in the context of the present world demand and supply of sugar and also the present trends of Government import policy the probable extent and intensify of competition from imported sugar and in the light of such assessment have formed our conclusions as to the necessity or otherwise of the continuance of protection to the sugar in.dustry. [...] Its main terms of reference were as follows:— (1) whether the conditions laid clown in paragraph 97 of the Report of the Indian Fiscal Commission are satisfied in the case of the sugar industry in which term is intended to be included the grower of sugacane in India the manufacturer of gun including rab jaggery and all other indigenous forms of raw sugar and the manufacturer of crystalline [...] The Board also added that "the interests of the grower of sugar-cane the manufacturer the merchant and the consumer are often different and sometimes conflicting; we have endeavoured to assess the relative iportance of the respective interests from the point of view of the measure of protection required. [...] dated 12th/13th July 1949 appointed The Technical Committee on Sugarcane with the following terms of reference:— "(1) To enquire into the cost of production of sugarcane in various parts of the country; 2) to review the progress of cane research and development ; and 3) to suggest ways and means of achieving quicker results in increasing the yield of sugarcane per acre and the sugar content with [...] On the other hand the supply available for the free market from Cuba for instance Would be her total production minus her home consumption minus exports to the 1. T. S. A. Although there is no international sugar agreement in force at the present time the -practice of estimating the world demand for sugar in terms of the 'free market' and 'supplies in terms of the 'quantities available for the
commerce industry
Pages
259
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145543
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
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Frontmatter
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Chapter I Introduction
1-8 unknown view
Chapter II World Sugar Position
9-22 unknown view
Chapter III Sugarcane
23-35 unknown view
Chapter IV Progress of the White Sugar Industry
36-54 unknown view
Chapter V Demand for White Sugar
55-57 unknown view
Chapter VI Khandsari Sugar
58-61 unknown view
Chapter VII Cane Gur
62-71 unknown view
Chapter VIII Palm Gur
72-76 unknown view
Chapter IX Research and Development
77-81 unknown view
Chapter X Power Alcohol
82-93 unknown view
Chapter XI Other by-Products
94-96 unknown view
Chapter XII The Indian Sugar Syndicate
97-120 unknown view
Chapter XIII Sugarcane Price
121-126 unknown view
Chapter XIV Cost of Production and Fair Ex-Factory Price of White Sugar
127-144 unknown view
Chapter XV Condition of Workers
145-151 unknown view
Chapter XVI Financial Condition of Sugar Mills
152-176 unknown view
Chapter XVII Continuance or Withdrawal of Protection
177-180 unknown view
Chapter XVIII Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations
181-196 unknown view
Appendices
197-249 unknown view

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