submitted recently to the union government by the state government's directorate of sugar and Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Sangh has brought out relevant data on the manufacture of by-products based on sugarcane molasses. There are as many as 38 distilleries which are in operation in the state. Of these, 29 are in the co-operative sector. The number of distilleries which are under erection in the co-operative sector stands at 14. As many as seven paper plants are working and one is under construction, in the co-operative sector. The co-operative sugar factories have also set up seven chemical plants. They are setting up four particle board plants.
