- CEO
- Vivek Saraogi
- Full Time Employees
- 9,505
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Agricultural commodities/Milling
- Address
- FMC Fortuna Kolkata WB India 700020
- IPO Date
- Mar 15, 1995
- Business
- Balrampur Chini Mills Limited Balrampur Chini Mills Limited (BCML), incorporated in 1975 and headquartered in Kolkata, India, operates as one of India's largest integrated private sector sugar manufacturers, with ten sugar plants located in the Eastern and Central regions of Uttar Pradesh boasting an aggregate sugarcane crushing capacity of 80,000 tonnes per day; five distilleries with a combined capacity of 1,050 kilolitres per day producing ethanol, rectified spirit, extra neutral alcohol, and ethyl alcohol; ten co-generation power plants offering a saleable capacity of 175.7 megawatts using bagasse as biofuel; and agro-based products including bio-potash granules, pressmud organic manure, bio-agents for soil health, and distiller’s dried grain soluble (DDGS) for livestock feed. The company serves domestic markets with sugar for food applications, ethanol for automotive gasoline blending, co-generated power for renewable energy grids, and agricultural inputs promoting chemical-free farming, while maintaining zero liquid discharge technology across ethanol units and converting incinerator ash waste into fertilizers. BCML targets rural prosperity through cane development programs supporting 5.5 lakh farmers, digital payment transfers, high-yielding seed distribution, and varietal rebalancing for enhanced yields and recovery. Recently, the company expanded its distillery capacity from 560 KLPD to 1,050 KLPD, enhanced cane crushing to 80,000 TCD with a marginal increase at select units like Kumbhi, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Uttar Pradesh government for a Rs 2,850 crore investment in India's first industry-scale polylactic acid (PLA) plant at Lakhimpur Kheri to produce bio-based polymers replacing single-use plastics and creating 225 jobs, completed its sixth equity share buyback in seven years alongside attractive dividends, achieved certifications such as Bonsucro and FSSC 22000 at multiple units, and reported FY 2023-24 revenues of Rs 5,594 crore with EBITDA of Rs 786 crore driven by higher volumes despite temporary National Biofuel Policy restrictions on sugar-to-ethanol diversion.