Page 2 - Sugarcane Farmers

Panel considers a Gujarat-like model of staggered payments to cane growers

Farm leaders object to Gujarat-like model, say can't take pay in tranches

Mounting cane dues add fodder to ongoing farmers' protest in western UP

It's a catch-22 for the Adityanath govt as no hike in sugarcane SAP for three straight years can worsen an already volatile situation, while an increase would have pushed cane dues up further

Centre's new ethanol policy aims at protecting farmers: Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari said the Union government is very well aware of the plight of the sugarcane and paddy growers

Farmers' stir: UP plans to advance sugarcane crushing season to Oct 15

India's top sugar producer, UP had logged over 12 million tonnes last year

Sugar mills owe nearly Rs 13,000 cr for FY20 season to cane farmers: Govt

Sugar mills owed nearly Rs 13,000 crore to cane farmers as on September 11 for the crop procured during 2019-20 marketing season that started October last year, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. "Out of total cane dues payable of Rs 75,585 crore for sugar season 2019-20 as on September 11, 2020, about Rs 62,591 crore have been paid to the sugarcane farmers & only Rs 12,994 crores cane dues are yet to be paid," Minister of State for food and consumer affairs Danve Raosaheb Dadarao said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha. The sugar mills also owe Rs 548 crore for 2018-19 marketing season (October-September), Rs 242 crore for 2017-18 and Rs 1,899 crore for 2016-17 and earlier, taking the total outstanding amount to Rs 15,683 crore. As per the information received from the Uttar Pradesh government, out of total cane dues payable of Rs 5,339 crore by Bajaj group against their 14 mills for sugar season 2019-20, an amount of Rs 2,378 crore has been paid to sugarcane farmers and Rs ...

Adityanath warns UP sugar mills over delay in clearing farmers' cane dues

UP mills have A sugarcane outstanding of nearly Rs 11,000 crore

Govt mills paid Rs 1 trn to sugarcane farmers in last 3 yrs: Adityanath

The outstanding sugarcane payment to farmers worth Rs 4,466 crore pending during the 2012-2017 period was also paid from 2017 till 2020 to the growers

UP government releases Rs 200 cr for payment of sugarcane arrears

UP mills, mostly private, have outstanding worth nearly Rs 2,000 crore

UP farmers protest against Adityanath govt for not hiking sugarcane price

This was the second successive year that the Adityanath government did not hike cane price

Yogi Adityanath warns defaulting sugar mills of auction proceedings

Uttar Pradesh sugar mills, mostly private, owe Rs 3,600 crore in sugarcane farmers' arrears

14 out of 25 private sugar mills in Tamil Nadu not to start operations

Officials said sugarcane planting area had come down drastically in the state leading to poor capacity utilisation

UP govt asks sugar mills to clear farmers' dues by Oct 31, warns of action

On Wednesday, the Allahabad High Court directed the state government to clear dues of sugarcane growers

UP sugarcane dues at Rs 7,000 cr as Adityanath's Aug 31 deadline expires

Bulk of arrears owned by Bajaj Hindusthan, Simbhaoli, Modi groups

UP govt puts 'sugarcane mafia' on its radar before 2019-20 sugar season

Yogi govt has announced it will invoke the NSA against the sugarcane mafia

Cabinet may discuss incentivising cane farmers to help mills clear dues

Sugar mills on their part would then have to pay the remaining state-mandated price to farmers, lowering their financial burden and improving liquidity, according to a senior official