This book is a beginner's guide into the huge and wide Sugar Industry in India. Behind Sugar Industry there are web of policies and politics. The book deals with questions such as, is the Sugar Industry healthy ? what are products and by-products of sugar Industry and it allied industries such as distillery and power plant? what are the policies and recommendations given by committees on Sugar Sector? Answers for these questions will be found in this volume. Further details on questions such as Can it sustain around 35 million farmers and millers depending on it? will be discussed in Volume II.