The Indian sugar industry’s growth and residual lignocellulosic sugarcane bagasse (RSB) generation rate are complementary to each other. It is estimated that over 75–90 million tonnes of wet RSB are produced annually from 600 operational sugar mills in India. Therefore, the efficient utilization of residual bagasse needs immediate attention from sugar industries and the scientific community worldwide. Albeit recently developed technologies have shown promising prospects for the sustainable conversion of RSB into fuels and value-added chemicals, there is an apparent lack of consensus among the scientific community on technical understanding and commercial applicability of current RSB conversion technologies. This review discusses applications of RSB in Indian industries for electricity generation, concrete manufacturing from RSB ash, nanocomposite production, as well as pulp and paper, furfural, furfuryl alcohol, bioethanol, and value-added chemical production. Besides, the conversion of RSB major component lignin to fuel and high-value specialty chemicals has been discussed. Moreover, the government of India policies and subsequent revisions in 2018 to promote biomass and RSB conversion technologies has been presented. Subsequently, major challenges associated with the implementation of different conversion technologies have been explored. Overall, it is observed that there is a huge opportunity in India to utilize the RSB for value-added chemicals production, pulp, and paper production, electricity generation, and other applications. Nevertheless, the Government of India current policies directed towards promoting the RSB uses primarily for electricity production via cogenerations.

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印度制糖业的增长与残留木质纤维素纤维甘蔗渣（RSB）的产生率是相辅相成的。据估计，印度600家运营的糖厂每年生产超过7590万吨的湿RSB。因此，残渣蔗渣的有效利用需要制糖业和全球科学界的立即关注。尽管最近开发的技术显示出将RSB可持续转化为燃料和增值化学品的前景广阔，但科学界对当前RSB转化技术的技术理解和商业适用性显然缺乏共识。这篇评论讨论了RSB在印度工业中的应用，这些行业用于发电，用RSB灰制造混凝土，纳米复合材料的生产，以及纸浆和纸张，糠醛，糠醇，生物乙醇和增值化学品的生产。此外，还讨论了RSB主要成分木质素向燃料和高价值特种化学品的转化。此外，还提出了印度政府的政策和2018年的后续修订版，以促进生物质和RSB转化技术的发展。随后，探索了与实施不同转换技术相关的主要挑战。总体而言，据观察，印度在利用RSB进行增值化学品生产，制浆和造纸，发电以及其他应用方面拥有巨大的机会。不过，

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