Page 4 - Sugarcane

UP govt seeks plans of sugar mills for CSR spend ahead of crushing season

The sugarcane crushing in UP is expected to start after Diwali and go full steam by the middle of November

Excess rainfall may have damaged kharif crops, to hit sugarcane output

Next season could see bumper crop, say farmers and industry

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

Hungry cows may lead to lower sugar output in Maharashtra this year

Farmers in Maharashtra are selling cane in the cattle-feed market for as much as Rs 3,500 ($49) a ton

Rs 5,580 cr cane dues: UP files FIRs against Bajaj Hindusthan, Modi Group

Police cases against nine mills filed; recovery certificates issued against some units, which allows district administration to seize movable and immovable properties

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

Conversion of sugar into ethanol could take time to show results on ground

The 2019-20 sugar season starts from next month and the peak crushing will happen in the first five-six months

4 mt sugar buffer gets nod; floor price stays same amid growing arrears

As in 2018-19, the FRP will attract a premium of Rs 2.75 a quintal for every 0.1 per cent increase in recovery over 10 per cent (which is the amount of sugar derived from cane)

Sugarcane arrears touch Rs 18,958 cr; UP mills alone owe over Rs 11,000 cr

Punjab millers are yet to pay Rs 989 crore to sugarcane farmers, while those in Gujarat and Bihar have an outstanding of Rs 965 crore and Rs 923 crore, respectively

Sweet year ahead: Sugar sector outlook turns positive for next season

Lower sugarcane crop, higher ethanol production to protect industry from glut

Sugarcane belts to set tone for Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh

UP's sugarcane economy, estimated at Rs 40,000 crore, directly impacts nearly 4 million farmers' households and has an intrinsic downstream integration with the industry, especially sugar mills

Rs 80-lkh unpaid farmers' dues landed this sugar mill management in trouble

The mill's management, including the joint managing director, the chief executive officer and the executive officer, were booked for not clearing dues of farmers

Why reinvent the wheel?

Solutions to sugar sector's woes are already well known

UP sugar crisis reaches union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan's doorsteps

Cane dues at Rs 22 bn even after expiry of Nov 30 deadline; State minister Suresh Rana writes to Paswan for immediate relief

Sugar crisis: UP demands 100% hike in sale quota to 1.1 million tonnes

Yogi government writes to union food ministry for hike in sale quota, sugar floor price

UP farmers want 25% more for cane even as mills struggle with current price

Millers cite crisis in market due owing to glut and low sugar realisation to buttress claims of cash flow challenges, which had already resulted in high sugarcane arrears for the last season

Sugar sops and the politics behind it: How much can the government offer?

In 2017-18 crop year, till mid-May, sugarcane arrears amounting to almost Rs 8 billion hadn't been paid to the farmers by the six mills located within the constituency

Uttar Pradesh govt uncovers fake bonds of 1.5 million tonnes of sugarcane

Crooked ways: Mafia poses as bona fide farmers with cane/mill societies, buys cane from small cultivators at low rates, resells to mills at much higher price; 57,348 fake bonds unearthed so far

Mills to buy sugarcane worth Rs 1 trn next yr; may lead to payment crisis

Sugar production of India is estimated to rise to 35.5 million tonnes in the next 2018-19 marketing year

A sugar mill locomotive

When we think of assets of sick public sector enterprises, we think of land or plant and machinery. But there are locomotives too