About 40 lakh farmers in Maharashtra grow sugarcane. The annual turnover of Maharashtra's sugar industry, directly and indirectly, is about one lakh crore rupees. The sugarcane area in the state is more than 14.87 lakh hectares. The sugar industry has a major contribution to the economic and social development of the state. Maharashtra accounts for one-third of the country's sugar production. In rural areas, the sugar industry has created a network of educational institutions, hospitals, consumer organizations, lift Irrigation Scheme, Agricultural Service Centers. The sugar industry has created distilleries, ethanol, co-generation, particle board, fertilizers, drip irrigation, oxygen generation, green hydrogen production, other chemical products and agro-based industries. The number of sugarcane farmers in the state is about three lakh. The number of workers working in all sugar factories is around two lakh. In the 2023-24 season, a total of 208 sugar factories were in operation, 104 on the cooperative basis and 104 on the private basis. These factories have a daily crushing capacity of 9,51,150 (TCD). These factories have crushed 1076.18 lakh MT of sugarcane during the season and produced 1101.7 lakh quintals of sugar with 10.27% Sugar yield has produced 1101.71 lakh quintals of Sugar.