While Gujarat is the only state to have gone ahead with staggered payments, the issue of area reservation has been resisted by most states, Maharashtra being an exception
The Centre on Wednesday increased the minimum price sugar mills pay to sugarcane growers by Rs 5 to Rs 290 per quintal for the next marketing year starting October 2021
The fair and remunerative price (FRP) of Rs 275 a quintal will be linked to the 10% recovery rate and for every additional 0.1% rise in recovery a premium of Rs 2.75 will be paid
The fair and remunerative price (FRP), the minimum price sugar mills have to pay to farmers, has been fixed at Rs 255 per quintal for the 2017-18 season that starts from this month