Sugar Development Fund Section

• Scrutiny and processing of loan applications received from sugar factories for:
  • Development of cane in their areas
  • Rehabilitation/Modernisation projects
  • Setting up of ethanol plants
  • Setting up of cogeneration power projects
  • Rehabilitation of potentially sick viable sugar undertaking.
• Disbursement of loans sanctioned
• Amendment/Governance of SDF Act and Rules.
• Monitoring and Review of Disbursement of SDF Loans
• Other matters related to above.

SDF Accounts Section

• Full Accounting of SDF loans
• Monitoring and Review of outstanding SDF loans

SPF Section

• Administration of Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund Act, 1976 and Rules framed thereunder:
  • Legislative and Parliament work.
  • Collection and verification of information about excess realisations made by sugar factories on the sale of levy sugar under interim orders of the court.
  • Securing of credits to Levy Sugar Price Equalisation Fund of excess realisation made by sugar factories during different sugar seasons and reconciliation thereof with Controller of Accounts.
  • Determination of questions as to whether excess amounts charged by sugar factories in the sale of levy sugar were excess realisations or not within the meaning of the Act.
  • Receipt and scrutiny of claims for refund from wholesalers/ retailers/ consumers in terms of the provisions of the Act.
  • Vesting unclaimed amounts lying in the Fund in the Central Government and utilisation thereof.
  • Reimbursement of internal transport subsidy and neutralization of ocean freight disadvantage and marketing and handling charges for export of sugar.
  • Settlement of claims on account of refixation of ex-factory prices from 1974-75 (with effect from 12/7/75) to 1979-80 sugar season for levy sugar dispatched to:
    • FCI /State Govt. nominees,
    • Army Purchase Organisation, and iii. Export of levy sugar.
• All other work incidental to the above items.
• Any other functions assigned from time to time.

SPF Accounts

• Budget:- Preparation of BE, RE & FE in respect of reimbursement of internal transport and freight charges and Malapraha schemes and LSPE Fund.
• Expenditure:- Monitoring, projection and reconciliation of expenditure in respect of the above said schemes.
• LSPE Fund:- Maintenance and updating of LSPEF account, Issue of NOC, Court cases -calculation of latest position of LSPEF dues and recovery of LSPEF dues and depositing dues into LSPE Fund.
• Reply of parliament question, standing committee and VIP references.
• Reply of audit paras and furnishing of reasons for variation and ATNs in respect of appropriation accounts etc.
• Inspection of sugar mill regarding verification of LSPEF recovery account.
• Preparation of Annual Report, Performance Budget and Output Budget.
• Settlement of claims in respect of
  • internal transport and freight charges
  • ocean freight and handling & marketing charges in respect of Maharashtra state and
  • Malaprabha export claims with respect to Notification dated 22/2/95 and 13/4/99 in respect of all sugar mills and other miscellaneous work relating to above said schemes

Sugar Policy Desk

Desk Officer I

• Sugar - Formulation of general policy and other connected matter.
• Stockholding limits of sugar manufactures and dealers, Grant of Central Government concurrence to the proposals of State Governments for amendments/ Modification, delegation of powers etc.
• Legislation - Promulgation of Acts/ Ordinances/Orders relating to Sugar.
• Commissions/ Committees/ Conferences etc. relating to Sugar.
• Export & Import Policy of sugar.
• Policy matters relating to buffer stock.
• Levy sugar - Policy regarding distribution under PDS.
• Levy sugar - Uniform Retail Issue Prices - fixation and enforcement of.
• Levy sugar - Price Equalisation Fund (non-statutory) operated by FCI
• Release of subsidy to FCI on account of distribution of levy sugar under PDS.
• Preparation of BE and RE in respect of matters dealt with by Sugar Policy Desk.
• Matters relating to International Sugar Organisation

Desk Officer II

• Formulation of Sugarcane Price Policy.
• Administration of matters relating to Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966 and delegation of powers thereunder. Matters relating to molasses in so far as they relate to Department.
• Legislative matters - enactments, promulgation of Ordinances, amendments to various Orders etc. relating to Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966
• Fixation of Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for individual factories.
• Cane Price arrears - steps for their liquidation etc.
• Commissions, Committees - setting up of and examination of their Reports.
• Plans relating to development of sugar industry. Credit facilities and other financial assistance to sugar industries.
• Levy sugar - Fixation of Zonal ex-factory price of levy sugar