Shah bestows awards on successful sugar co-op mills

Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah presented the National Efficiency Awards to cooperative sugar mills that demonstrated exceptional performance across various fields.

A total of 21 awards were bestowed upon cooperative sugar mills across the country for their outstanding performance in 2022-23.

Due to time constraints caused by the ongoing Parliament session, Shah personally felicitated only three cooperatives: Maharashtra based Shree Chhatrapati Shahu Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana, Bhimashankar Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana and Tamil Nadu based Subramaniya Siva Cooperative Sugar Mills.

The remaining awardees received their honors from Union Minister of State for Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar.

The cooperative sugar factories were shortlisted for these awards after an evaluation of their performance by an Expert Committee headed by the Chief Director of Sugar.

The Committee comprised the Chief Director (Sugar), Director NCDC, New Delhi, Deputy Director (Sugar), New Delhi, Director of the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, Director General of VSI, Pune, and the Managing Directors of the Sugar Federations of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and NFCSF.

The Expert Committee assessed the mill-wise performance in categories such as Cane Development, Technical Efficiency, Financial Management, Highest Cane Crushing, Highest Sugar Recovery, and Maximum Sugar Export.