Ethanol making capacity will swell if there are incentives: ISMA D-G

Interview with Abinash Verma

Sugar prices at mill gate and retail outlets will remain at the levels seen in recent months, benefiting all stakeholders, says Abinash Verma, director-general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association, tells Kunal Bose. Also, that the best way to tackle the bumper cane crop expected in 2018-19 will be to enhance the industry's ethanol making capacity. Edited excerpts:

Except for Tamil Nadu, again a victim of drought, the other major sugar producing states are to record big output gains in the new sugar season, starting October. What, according to you, is the supply and price outlook?
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