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Sugar agency Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd expects about ₹2,000 crore annual income from its new bio-plastic plant in Uttar Pradesh, scheduled to be commissioned throughout the December quarter, a senior firm official stated.
Balrampur Chini Mills, which has 10 sugar factories in Uttar Pradesh, is establishing a Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant of 80,000 tonnes every year capability at a value of greater than ₹3,000 crore.
In an interview with PTI, Balrampur Chini Govt Director Avantika Saraogi stated, “This new plant will likely be operational within the third quarter of this fiscal.” Requested concerning the income potential from the plant, she stated, “We predict a income of about ₹2,000 crore at full capability.
Balrampur Chini posted a complete income of round ₹6,300 crore over the past fiscal. The complete-year influence of this new PLA plant could be mirrored within the 2027-28 fiscal.
Saraogi stated the development actions on the positioning are present process at full pace.
In the meantime, the corporate is doing evaluation and product improvement via imported PLA.
Saraogi expressed confidence that the plant would run at full capability after commissioning, contemplating an enormous demand for biodegradable plastic.
In February this 12 months, the corporate bagged its first institutional order from Lucknow Cantonment Board to produce inexperienced bioplastic merchandise, together with compostable rubbish baggage.
Poly lactic Acid (PLA) bioplastics are created from renewable plant sources reminiscent of sugarcane, corn starch, tapioca roots and different plant-based feedstocks. The method of extracting PLA includes fermentation and polymerisation, breaking down naturally with out leaving poisonous residues.
Balrampur Chini can be eligible to get incentives beneath the Bio Plastic Industrial Coverage 2024 introduced by the UP authorities in October, 2024, Saraogi stated.
Balrampur Chini Mills is without doubt one of the largest sugar corporations in India. The corporate’s allied companies comprise distillery operations and energy cogeneration.
The corporate has 10 sugar factories positioned in UP with a complete sugarcane crushing capability of 80,000 tonnes per day. It has a distillery and cogeneration operations of 1050 kilolitre per day and 175.7 MW (saleable) respectively.
As a part of the growth plan, the corporate just lately introduced establishing of a lactogypsum processing plant in UP at a value of ₹160 crore.
Final week, the corporate reported a decline in its consolidated internet revenue to Rs 378.46 crore within the 2025-26 fiscal from ₹436.92 crore within the previous 12 months. However the whole revenue rose to ₹6,307.95 crore final fiscal from ₹5,504.19 crore in 2024-25.
Printed on Might 17, 2026
