date:Jul 18, 2014
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The higher acreage under sugarcane being seen in Maharashtra, is estimated to be about 13 per cent higher over last year.
Additionally, with the share of 18 month crop and the 15 month crop, being higher than the last year, the estimated sugar production from Maharashtra could be higher as compared to 7.7 million tonnes produced in 2013-14 sugar season.
Karnataka, which achieved their highest ever sugar production of about 4.15 million tonnes in current 2013-14 sugar season, is showing abo