ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL, POWER AND BIOCOMPOST IN SUGAR INDUSTRY OF KARNATAKA

Karnataka state stands 3rd position in terms of sugar production and 4th cultivation sugarcane the India. In fact, there are presently around 64 working factories with annual crushing capacity 3.29 lakh MT/day, cogeneration 1500 MW/day, alcohol 2100 KLPD ethanol 1130 KLPD. year 2017-18, industry had crushed a total 347.5 MT cane produced 36.87 Lakh sugar. The is able to manufacture such huge quantities due fact that abundantly available state. But, encounters up down situations price fluctuations after few years. However, it realized importance integrated sugar-energy complexes counterbalance problem wide fluctuation domestic market. present work we undertook cost-profit analysis alcohol, power bio-compost Karnataka. We found economic returns on capital invested mills would be stable, if co-products i.e. bagasse, molasses press mud efficiently used for bio-ethanol, bio-compost.