A non-Brahmin rich peasant elite, engaged in sugarcane cultivation for about half a century, had by the 1950s established a powerful position for themselves in the socio-political and economic life for Maharashtra. This power, which they continue to wield, has its chief economic base in sugar,...

Sugar and cane prices in India are highly regulated, as a result free market prices in India are showing rising trend with high volatility. There is a possibility of long run shortage of sugar in international markets due to diversion of cane to produce ethanol and also reduction of domestic...