Sugarcane is an important industrial and cash crop. It is grown in almost in all areas in India, But commercial basis sugarcane is produced in tropical and sub tropical states. Because of available of raw materials, most of the sugar mills are located in these areas. Sugarcane production in India has been attributes to lack of rainfall, reduction in cultivation area. Also production of sugarcane affects due to drought and decrease in soil health, high level input cost. This paper presents an overview of sugar industries, state wise area of cultivation, production, productivity. This paper is descriptive in nature and completely based on the data and information available from secondary sources. Time frame of the study is ten years from 1st April, 2012 to 31st March, 2022.