Sugaronline India Report – India’s politics of sugar dominates its economics By Prerna Sharma

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>With the ongoing assembly elections in India&rsquo;s top sugar producing state, Uttar Pradesh, it&rsquo;s natural that the issues related to cane arrears and sugar prices remain at the forefront of any political discourse&mdash;especially in the western part of the state that houses 67% of its sugar mills and is popularly known as the &ldquo;sugar belt.&rdquo;