CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION SUGAR INDUSTRY IN INDIA : Sugar cane is grown from times immemorial.

. In fact, India is the birth place for sugar cane. Sugar cane was introduce to the other countries through India. The growth of sugarcane in its from, viz., vacuum, pan sugar industry, can be traced back to the early part of the century. The first sugar mill was set up in Uttar Pradesh in 1903. In 1930-31, there were 29 sugar factories producing 1.22 lakh tones of sugar. Nearly Eight lakh tones of sugar was imported that year due to inadequacy of domestic production. In the face of severe competition from java, sugar industry was given fiscal protection in 1932. following this, the industry had a fillip for its growth and the number of sugar industries increased to 111 in 1933-34 and to 137 in 1936-37. The corresponding figures of sugar production were 4.6 and 11.3 lakh tones respectively. There after there was little development of industry up- to 1951-52. Planned development and regulation of sugar industry started in 1952 when the industries (Development and Regulation) Act 1951 came into force. Then 138 sugar factories were existing and registered under the provision of the Act. The number of factories have steadily increased over3r the year and stood at,267 during 1976-77 season. Licensed were also granted for additional 81 new units. Substantial expansion of the factories was also licensed.

The cumulative result of the these measures is that the production of sugar touched the highest figure of 48 lakh tones during 1974-75. The country has turned to be an exported of sugar from the traditional role of importer. The total installed capacity as on 31st March 1977 stood at 4,09,000 tonnes of sugarcane per day. Additional licensed capacity stood at 1,10,250 tonnes. At present, there are 391 sugar units in the country, of which 336 have been installed as on data. Out if these 336 installed sugar factories, 171 are in Public Sector, the remaining 165 being in cooperative sector. Cyclic fluctuations in sugar production, which has been a feature of sugar economy from its inception, continues to be a recurring phenomenon. With a record production of 85.38 lakh tones in 1981-82 season, India emerged as the largest producer of white sugar in the world. 1982-83 season also witnessed a near record production of 82.38 lakh tones. It is a matter of deep concern for all of us that the sugar production in the year of 1983-84 has received a set back and reached the level of 73 lakh tones. This decline in production has been, to great extent due to national factors beyond our control. However due to 3 successive good monsoons the prospects of the sugar industry drastically improve and there was production of 110 lakh tonnes. The projected figure for 1190-91 is 115 lakh tones but actual production is expected to be around 118 lakh tones. Besides, Sugar is one commodity for which the demand has been increasing in the country.

It is time that the Government has issued the licenses for additional capacities. However, it will take some time before the new capacities are established. Till then, the available supply should be utilized in the most effective manner. One of the ways to do so is to build a modest buffer stock for use in the leading years. ESTABLISHMENT OF KCP SUGAR CORPARATION LIMITED: VUYYUR: AND INDUSTRIES

The KCP Sugar and industries corporation limited is one of the reputed organisations in Andhra Pradesh and also South Africa. A brief history of the KCP sugar and indo Co. is presented below: The Founder of KCP is Mr.V.Ramakrishna I.C.S who encouraged and enthused ryots of Krishna delta to take to sugarcane cultivation and to start a sugar factory in the cooperative sector. His dreams were realized with the establishment of a co-operative sugar factory of 800 tonnes cane crushing capacity in 1936 at Vuyyur. Late Sri Adusumilli Gopala Krishnaiah, late Sri Raja Sabeb of Saheb of Vuyyur and Late Sri. Raja Challapalli were some of the prominent personalities

who took active part in establishing the sugar factory in Cooperative sector. In the year 1943, the KCP Ltd., acquired the sugar factory from the the cane growers, cooperative sector a going concern. It Lakhs of rupees to in a radius of about located with disburses in a season about 2,250 40kms. Need for the study
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According to the facilities Act labour welfare facilities are to be provided Statutory to the employees. Labour welfare work can be 2. Non-Statutory

Statutory welfare measures as the term itself indicates are those services who implementations depend on the co-archive power of the Government. Thus the Government ensures by the enactment of certain rules to enforce the minimum standards of health and society of workers. on you Non- statutory welfare measures include all those activities which you may undertake for the welfare of your employees on voluntary bases. We can identify various objectives for having a Labour You as a Manager, would be obliged to fulfill these requirements as they are statutory enforce

Welfare Programme. It could be partly humanitarian to enable your workers to enjoy a fuller and richer life. Partly economic to improve their efficiency and partly lives to develop among them and sense of responsibility and dignity as noble citizens of nation. The humanitarian approach has been gradually dominated by a more utilitarian approach. The later views welfare through an economic framework through well toughest welfare measures You can free your employees from the work of taking care of the basis of living and there by to devote better attention to the tasks assigned to them. In this process you are enhancing his

efficiency and output. Moreover, through an attractive package of welfare measures you can undoubtedly attract and retain better.

Objectives of the Study: The present study is undertaken with the following specific objectives: To examine employee welfare measures in sugar industry in general and KCP Sugars, vuyyur in particular; To study the statutory and non-statutory welfare measures implemented in KCP Sugars; To ascertain views of employees over the safety & welfare measures implemented; To analyse the impact of welfare measures on the worker motivation ; and To offer suggestions for the effective implementation of welfare measures to promote good Industrial Relations. Methodology of the Study: A. Data Sources The methodology adopted by the researcher is the primary source of date i.e. Interview method and Questionnaire method, direct interaction with workers and managers at various levels, interviewing individually to gather a free flow of opinions from workers. The secondary sources of data are previous information available on paper, annual reports and the information gathered from print media.

A structured questionnaire is developed with a view to administer among the employees for collecting primary data separately for welfare activities and safety measures. In addition to questionnaire employees will be personally interviewed to company B. Data Collection The data was collected both from primary and secondary sources. Identifying the sources of data. 1. Primary Data 2. Secondary Data Primary Data: The primary data is collected by means of a elicit information. Secondary data can be collected from the past records, brochures and manuals of the

questionnaire, which was administered to the respondents and by informal talk with responds to have better understanding of their personal views and opinions on training programmes conducted there in. Secondary Data: studying The secondary data is collected by means of

various company records, manuals, reports, and

through discussions with the concerned authorities. C. Sample Frame: A sample of 10% employees from various departments, designations and experience will be taken by using simple

random sample technique. Hence its useful and it can be added as an advantage.

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Analysis process & tools Analysis: The analysis of the data has been collected, tabulated and

has

been analysed in a dimension wise. Mostly statistical

techniques such as weighted average and percentages are used for the quantitative analysis. Tools Analysis Tools analysis helps in viewing the objectives of the study. This can be prepared after viewing the literature, it consists of 17 questions statements covering 5 dimensions of the programme. Likely Contribution Sugar is one commodity that is under government control form the stage of cane growing to the actual commodity. Production of cane showed a decline in 1996-97 to 276.7 million tonnes from the record output of 282.9 million tonnes in the preceding year. The fall in output essentially represented the outcome of the decreased area under sugarcane cultivation in the major sugarcane growing stated like Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and Maharastra. The growers decided to shift from the sugar crop, as they had not been paid their dues by the sugar mills in 1995-96. The sugarcane production target of 280 million tonnes for 1997-98 fixed by the Planning Commission is not likely to be achieved for the year as production is estimated at just 262.5 million tonnes. The average crop productivity level also had declined to nearly 62 tonnes pre hectare from about 68 tonnes last year
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Limitations : The time period was the most limiting factor with in which the project should be done. Since its a public sector enterprise, the employees may not be given the correct information due to fear, and other obvious reasons. The recommendations and results cannot be done exactly due to depicted based on the questionnaires. Most of the information of the company cannot be given to the unknown persons, since many problems may be caused to the company, and also due to the obvious reasons. by Unknown persons may cause harm to the company doing mischievous things by collecting the information of the company

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