Sugar mills produce about 66 Lakh MT of sugar so far 

During the current Sugar Season 2016-17, the sugar mills of the country have commenced the crushing operation smoothly and  have produced about 66 Lakh MT of sugar so far. 
●    The sugar production is expected to be about 22.5 million MT by the end of the season. 
●    With a carryover stock of 7.71 million MT, the total availability of sugar is sufficient to meet the estimated domestic requirement of about 25 mMT.  
●    The stock position at the close of the current sugar season (Sept. 2017) is likely to be 5.21 mMT which will be carried forward for the next sugar season 2017-18.
●    Further, the sugar production in the next sugar season (2017-18) is expected to be good and is likely to start early and therefore there will be no shortage of domestically produced sugar in India. 
●    By November 2017, another 2 mMT would be available from early crushing. 
●    The government has taken necessary steps to maintain sufficient stocks in the country and keep the sugar prices under control.