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Saturday, September 5, 2009
In 1945, the late Vithalrao Vikhe Patil pioneered the successful cooperative sugar factory in the country at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Prakash Naiknavare, managing director, Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation, speaks to Mehul Dani on issues of sugar industry in the state. A report:
Up to ]945, there were about 145 joint stock sugar factories in the country inclusive of some 12 factories in Maharashtra. In 1945, the late Vithalrao Vikhe Patil pioneered the successful cooperative sugar factory in the country at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, which was commissioned in 1951. Maharashtra has a very favorable agro-climatic conditions for cane cultivation. The Central Sugarcane Research Station was established in the state at Padegaon, Pune in 1930. The sugarcane growers in the state were really encouraged by the announcement in 1954 by the then Bombay state government of the 12 places in the state where sugar factories could be established, with an offer of government share capital contribution of Rs 10 lacs each. A meeting of the promoters held in the office of the Bombay State Co-operative Bank formed a central committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Dhananjayrao Gadgil for guiding the societies about the important issues like share capital, sugarcane area, irrigation, site selection, land, transport facilities, etc. The state government also appointed a cabinet sub-committee for cooperative sugar factories.
With the increase in number of cooperative sugar factories, the need of apex institutions to guide and advise the societies was felt. Hence on 11 February 1956, Bombay State Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh was registered when 14 factories (inclusive of a Khedut Factory from Surat district) were affiliated. The Sangh originally had its office at Pune, which was subsequently transferred to Mumbai in 1963 in Fort area, which again in 1986, was transferred to Sakhar Bhavan, Nariman Point. At present Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation Ltd has 174 cooperative sugar factories as its members and is the biggest state federation of its kind in the country. The federation makes efforts for fair returns to cane growers.
Up to ]945, there were about 145 joint stock sugar factories in the country inclusive of some 12 factories in Maharashtra. In 1945, the late Vithalrao Vikhe Patil pioneered the successful cooperative sugar factory in the country at Pravaranagar in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, which was commissioned in 1951. Maharashtra has a very favorable agro-climatic conditions for cane cultivation. The Central Sugarcane Research Station was established in the state at Padegaon, Pune in 1930. The sugarcane growers in the state were really encouraged by the announcement in 1954 by the then Bombay state government of the 12 places in the state where sugar factories could be established, with an offer of government share capital contribution of Rs 10 lacs each. A meeting of the promoters held in the office of the Bombay State Co-operative Bank formed a central committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Dhananjayrao Gadgil for guiding the societies about the important issues like share capital, sugarcane area, irrigation, site selection, land, transport facilities, etc. The state government also appointed a cabinet sub-committee for cooperative sugar factories.
With the increase in number of cooperative sugar factories, the need of apex institutions to guide and advise the societies was felt. Hence on 11 February 1956, Bombay State Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh was registered when 14 factories (inclusive of a Khedut Factory from Surat district) were affiliated. The Sangh originally had its office at Pune, which was subsequently transferred to Mumbai in 1963 in Fort area, which again in 1986, was transferred to Sakhar Bhavan, Nariman Point. At present Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factories Federation Ltd has 174 cooperative sugar factories as its members and is the biggest state federation of its kind in the country. The federation makes efforts for fair returns to cane growers.
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