CONTENT
Acknowledgements;
List of Acronym;
List of Illustrations;
List of Tables;
1. Introduction;
1.1 Demand and Supply of Sugar and Sugarcane in India;
1.2 Trade and Taxes;
1.3 Rationale for the study;
1.4 Objective;
1.5 Research Questions;
2. Literature Review;
2.1 Key regulations present in the sugar sector;
2.2 Theoretical Background;
2.3 Political Economy of the sugar sector;
2.4 World sugar scenario;
3. Research Methodology;
3.1 Description of the study area and selected units;
3.2 Nature and Source of Data;
3.3 Variables and Indicators;
3.4 Analytical tools employed;
3.5 Model Estimation;
4. Empirical Results;
4.1 Key Performance Indicators for companies;
4.2 Production trends;
4.3 Debt, Capital and Labour Costs;
4.4 Regression Output;
5. Conclusion;
5.1 Summary of the study;
5.2 Policy recommendations;
5.2.1 Cane Pricing;
5.2.2 Ethanol Blending;
5.2.3 Farm Mechanization;
5.2.4 Water Management;
6. Appendix I;
7. Appendix II;
8. References;