We actively encourage the farmers in our cane areas to grow early maturing varieties of sugarcane, which have high sucrose content. We conduct sugar content analysis of sugarcane samples on a daily basis to have information base for our procurements and future development of high sugared sugarcane varieties. Some of these varieties are CoJ-64, CoS-88230 and CoS-8436, which are varieties which have been identified as early maturing sugarcane varieties by the government of Uttar Pradesh and the SAP is higher than the SAP for general varieties by Rs.30-50 per metric tonne for these varieties of sugarcane. The areas on which sugarcane with high sugar content is being grown in the Cane Areas of our sugar mills is detailed in the table below:

We are focussed on using varieties of sugarcane, which have higher sugar content for crushing in our sugar mills. The major varieties of sugarcane used in our sugar mills in Khatauli and Deoband and the amount used in the last three Sugar Years are as detailed in the table below:

The percentage wise breakup of the use of sugarcane varieties in our sugar mills in the last three Sugar Years, are as detailed in the table below:

In the Sugar Year 2005, at Khatauli we received approximately 33.00% of the sugarcane crushed by the factory at the gate of our sugar mill and 67.00% of the sugarcane crushed was procured through 220 sugarcane collection and purchase centres. In Deoband unit we received 47% of the total sugarcane crushed at the gate of our plant and 53% from collection and purchase centres. At our Ramkola unit we received 70% sugarcane at the gate of our sugar mill and 30% from the collection and purchase centres.