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Cash Crops — Top Producers sugarcane
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Class UPSC Geography — NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar) — Chapter: Cash Crops.
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Key locations covered (14)
- Sugarcane — Uttar Pradesh (#1)
- Oilseeds (Total Nine) — Madhya Pradesh / Rajasthan / Gujarat
- Groundnut — Gujarat (#1)
- Mustard / Rapeseed — Rajasthan (#1)
- Soybean — Madhya Pradesh (#1)
- Coffee — Karnataka (#1)
- Tea — Assam (#1)
- Rubber (Plantation) — Kerala (#1)
- Tobacco — Gujarat (#1)
- Spices — Madhya Pradesh / Rajasthan / Gujarat / Kerala
- Jute — West Bengal (#1)
- Cotton — Gujarat (#1)
- Coconut — Kerala (#1)
- Arecanut — Karnataka (#1)
Sample questions (12 of 97)
Top sugarcane producing state in India (2023-24)?
Uttar Pradesh (~45% share)
2nd and 3rd largest sugarcane producers?
Maharashtra (~22-25%) and Karnataka (~12%)
India's world rank in sugarcane production?
Largest producer in the world (overtook Brazil 2021-22; 2nd in sugar after Brazil)
Optimum climate and soil for sugarcane?
Hot-humid, 21-27°C, 75-150 cm rainfall, deep loam / alluvial soil
Primary end-use industry?
Sugar, jaggery (gur), khandsari, ethanol (E20 blending), molasses, bagasse for paper/cogeneration
Distinctive feature of UP cane vs Maharashtra cane?
UP: sub-tropical, lower sucrose; Maharashtra: tropical, higher sucrose recovery (~11-12%)
Fair & Remunerative Price (FRP) is fixed by which body?
CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices); approved by CCEA
State Advised Price (SAP) is higher than FRP in which states?
UP, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand
Ethanol blending programme target year?
20% blending (E20) by 2025-26 advanced from 2030
Distinctive sugar belt of South India?
Belgaum-Kolhapur-Sangli (Karnataka-Maharashtra), Mandya (Karnataka)
Top oilseeds producing state (2023-24)?
Madhya Pradesh (~25-27% share — soybean leader)
2nd largest oilseed producer?
Rajasthan (~22% — mustard/rapeseed leader)
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT UPSC Core Geography syllabus, specifically the textbook NCERT Class 11/12 + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar), drawn from the chapter Cash Crops. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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