Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal directed officials to sell the property of a sugar mill to make pending payments to the cane growers
Data sourced from various agencies show that as on February 16, 2022, in UP around Rs 5,356 crore of sugarcane dues are still to be paid to the farmers for cane purchased from them.
Data sourced from various agencies show that as on February 16, 2022, in UP around Rs 5,356 crore of sugarcane dues are still to be paid to the farmers for cane purchased from them.
India's sugar production hiked by 6% from Oct 1 to Feb 15 in 2021-22 marketing year at 220.91 lakh tonnes on higher sugarcane production while exports jumped till Jan at 31.5 lakh tonnes, says ISMA.
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He said his party colleagues do not raise such issues as they fear that they will not be given poll tickets
Sugarcane has a bearing on 100-odd assembly seats in western UP; any let-up in this space could have a serious impact on any political party's chances of forming the government in Lucknow
Hike which is among the highest under BJP govt in UP, yet may not assuage protesting farmers, many of whom come from the sugarcane growing western part of the state
In a major decision barely months ahead of the upcoming 2022 Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced a Rs 25 per quintal hike in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state.
Gujarat only state to go ahead with staggered payments; issue of area reservation resisted by most states
The Haryana government on Thursday decided to increase the sugarcane price by Rs 12 per quintal to Rs 362 per quintal, higher than neighbouring Punjab's Rs 360, for the 2021-22 crushing season.
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
It is likely to decline as more sugarcane will be diverted for ethanol making, a senior government official said on Monday.
The FRP of Rs 290 per quintal at a recovery rate of 10 per cent is higher by 87 per cent over production cost
Scores of farmers on Friday launched an indefinite agitation in Jalandhar and blocked train movement on the Ludhiana-Amritsar and the Ludhiana-Jammu railway routes
Indian Sugar Mills Association says won't impact consumer price as ex-mill sugar price is already higher
A long-overdue increase in MSP could help clearing some of the dues, trade sources say; but inflation could be a concern
This will come despite likely diversion of 3.4 million tonnes sugar towards ethanol
Experts cite three key drivers of what they see as a permanent change in production patterns
The solution to the sugar Industry problem lies in any or a combo of a price stabilisation fund, the Gujarat model of payment of cane dues and increased focus on ethanol blending