A Study of Cash Management In Private Sector Sugar Mills

An analysis of cash management practices in private sector sugar mills in District Lakhimpur Kheri

by D. K. Pandey*, Vikash Agarwal,

- Published in International Journal of Information Technology and Management, E-ISSN: 2249-4510

Volume 7, Issue No. 9, Aug 2014, Pages 0 - 0 (0)

Published by: Ignited Minds Journals


ABSTRACT

District Lakhimpur KheriIs called the house of sugar and the bowl of sugar for its sugar industry.There are nine big sugar mills, Sarjoo Sahkari Chini Mill Ltd., The KisanSahkari Chini Mill Ltd., Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. Gola, Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. PaliaBajaj Hindustan Ltd. Khambai Khera, Ghagra Sugar Mills Ltd. Ajbapur, GovindSugar Mill, Gularia Chini Mill Ltd. and Kumbi Chini Mill. Out of these mills,two sugar mills are in co-operative sector and other mills are in privatesector. Present paper is an attempt as to study of cash management of Privatesector mills.

KEYWORD

cash management, private sector sugar mills, District Lakhimpur Kheri, sugar industry, cooperative sector

INTRODUCTION

Lakhimpur Kheri is famous for its agricultural and sugarcane is produced in large amounts so there are nine big sugar mills and a lot of mini sugar production units. There are two hundred twenty two factories registered under factory Act 1948. Four thousand eight hundred and sixty six are other small scale industrial units and other two thousand sixty two different types of small production units are improving industrial profile of Lakhimpur Kheri. Sugar industry of Lakhimpur Kheri district is known at India level because it is the biggest sugar producer in U.P. Lakhimpur Kheri is an important district of U.P. from the agricultural point of view. Total four lakh eighty five thousand nine hundred and thirty five hectare land is used for agriculture. Ten big rivers are flowing so land of Lakhimpur Kheri district is good for agriculture. The use of agricultural land is as follows –

Table No. 1.0 Use of agricultural land for crops in Lakhimpur Kheri District

Source : Magazine of Arth avam Sankhya Vibhag, Lakhimpur, 2010

The full profile of sugar mills under study are as follow – Table No. 1.1 – Profile of Sugar mills in Lakhimpur Kheri District

Source : Magazine of Arth avam Sankhva Vibhag, Lakhimpur, 2010

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Source :

Balance sheet of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. (2009-10) Balance sheet of Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (2009-10) Balance sheet of D.S.C.L. (2009-10) Balance sheet of Ghagra Sugar Mills Ltd. (2009-10) Balance sheet of Sarjoo Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd. (2009-10) Balance sheet of The Kisan Sahkari Chini Mills Ltd. (2009-10)

The amount of inventories in different sugar mills are as follows – Table No. 1.3 – Inventories in Different Sugar Mills

Source : Annual reports of Chini Mills (2009-10)

The amount of debts in different sugar mills are as follows – Source : Annual reports of Chini Mills (2009-10)The position of cash and bank balance in different sugar mills are as follows – Table No. 1.5 – Cash and Bank Balances in Different Sugar Mills

Source : Annual reports of Sugar Mills (2009-10)

The position of loans and advances in different sugar mills are as follows – Table No. 1.6 – Loan and Advances in Different Sugar Mills

Source : Annual reports of Sugar Mills (2009-10)

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Source : Annual reports of Sugar Mills (2009-10)

Table No. 1.8 – Current Ration of Different Sugar Mills

1) Cash Flows in Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. The cash flows of the Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. 2009-10 is as follows–

Table No. 1.9 – Cash Flows of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. (in 2009-10) :

Source: Annual Report of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. (2009-10)

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The cash flows of the Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. is as follows –

Table No. 1.10 – Cash Flows of Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd.

Source: Annual Report of Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. (2009-10)

3) Study of Cash Flows of Govind Sugar Mills Ltd. :

The cash flows of Govind Sugar Mills Ltd. as follows –

Table No. 1.11 – Cash Flows of Govind Sugar Mills Ltd.

Source: Annual Report of Govind Sugar Mills Ltd. (2009-10)

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Source: Annual Report of D.S.C.L. (2009-10)

(5) CONCLUSIONS:

Sugar Industry is a capital intensive industry. Sugar production takes place in six month in a year. At the every time cash management is needed. For this purpose sugar mill determines working capital and prepare cash budget for a year and use the concentration banking technique of cash management. Baumal cash management model and Millor-Orr model of cash management are not used in Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. B.H.L. is a profit making company so it has surplus fund. This surplus fund is invested by the company in shares of subsidiary companies, mutual funds and Government securities for short and long term on the basis of risk, return and liquidity. The Cash flows of Bajaj Hindustan Ltd. (2009-10) shows that the Net Cash which is used in operating activities in 2009-10 is 614.07 Crores and Net Cash which has been used in investing activities is 348.64 Crores and Rs. 1323.35 Crores earned by the company in 2009-10 from financing activities. The net inflow of company or increases in cash is [1323.35 -(348.64+614.07)] Rs. 360.64 Crores. The Cash flows of Balrampur chini mills Ltd. shows that the Company has the Net Cash from operating activities is 416.75 crores and company has use Rs. 23.14 in investing activities and Rs. 498.70 crores in financing activities. The Cash flows of Govind Sugar mills Ltd. show that the GSML is getting Rs. 77.85 crores from operating activities and the company use Rs. 13.12 crores in financing activities in the year 2009-10. GSML the net cash balance Rs. 65.23 crores in the year 2009-10. The Cash flows of D.S.C.L. show that D.S.C.L. is getting Rs. 781.28 crores from operating activities and use Rs. 66.06 crores for investing activities and amount Rs. 699.24 crores for financing activities. The company D.S.C.L. has amount Rs. 47.47 crores cash balance with banks in the year 2009-10.

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