India, Oct. 6 -- Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said India's sugar cooperative sector has seen a major financial revival under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, attributing the turnaround largely to the government's push for ethanol blending.

Speaking after inaugurating the expanded Dr Vitthalrao Vikhe Patil Cooperative Sugar Factory in Pravaranagar, Ahilyanagar, Shah said, "The sugar cooperative sector has benefitted immensely after Narendra Modi became the prime minister. The ethanol policy has significantly improved the balance sheets of sugar mills across the country."

The factory's crushing capacity has now been raised to 10,000 tonnes of sugarcane per day.

"The government has allocated Rs.10,000 ...