India's sugar mills caught in a five-way squeeze and farmers may pay the price: Praful VithalaniIndia's sugar industry faces a crisis as policy shifts and frozen prices threaten its decade-long diversification into ethanol. Cooperative...
13 Mar, 2026, 04.50 PM IST
5 sugar mills linked to leaders of ruling parties to get Rs 487 cr funds from Maharashtra govtThe Maharashtra cooperation department has revised its list of beneficiaries for margin funds, dropping five cooperative sugar mills linked...
28 Aug, 2024, 04.10 PM IST
Anna Hazare alleges Rs 25,000 cr scam in sale of Maharashtra co-op sugar mills, writes to Amit Shah for probe"We have been agitating against the sale of sugar mills in connivance with politicians at the negligible value since 2009 and against irreg...
24 Jan, 2022, 08.47 PM IST
MSC Bank clears way for export of 7 lakh tonnes of sugarIndia’s sugar industry has been suffering due to excess production, while dues to sugarcane farmers are rapidly mounting.
05 Jan, 2019, 10.00 AM IST
Cooperative Bank norms irk sugar exporters in MaharashtraThe Centre has allotted a mill-wise quota for export of 20 lakh tonnes of sugar.
08 Aug, 2018, 12.16 PM IST
Maharashtra sugar mills fear cash crunch as top lender cuts loan targetMSC Bank slashed its pre-seasonal loan amount by over 40 per cent, to Rs 225 crore for 2016-17 season from Rs 400 crore last year
04 Oct, 2016, 09.10 AM IST
Sugar mills in Maharashtra can now expect saffron boonsGadkari owns Purti group, which runs 3 sugar mills, late Gopinath Munde owned Vaidyanath Sugar Co-operative while Tavde, runs Shreenath Mha...
24 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Sweet news for millers as government signs sugar pactThe central government had lifted the obligation on sugar mills to provide levy sugar at subsidised rate for the government’s PDS operation...
28 Mar, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank set to sell 12 sugar millsMaharashtra State Co-operative Bank, the apex co-operative bank in the state, is all set to begin the process of selling about 12 sugar mil...
05 Feb, 2014, 12.13 PM IST
Procure PDS sugar from us: Co-operative sugar mills to Maharashtra governmentMaharashtra co-operative sugar mills have demanded that Maharashtra govt should procure from the co-operative mills for its public distribu...
23 Jul, 2013, 03.19 PM IST
- Maharashtra sugar output to drop 11% in 2012-13
Sugar production in Maharashtra, the top producer of the sweetener in the country, is expected to fall by more than 11% in the 2012-13.
12 Jun, 2012, 04.28 AM IST
- Maharashtra cooperative sugar mills to get a bigger loan
The Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank, the chief financier of cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra, has decided to raise by about 3% the...
21 Nov, 2011, 02.20 AM IST
- Three Maharashtra sugar co-operatives blend ethanol in disel on pilot basis
Three cooperative sugar mills in Maharashtra have started blending ethanol in diesel on pilot basis.
24 Jun, 2011, 06.26 PM IST
- Relief for Maharashtra sugar co-ops in I-T case
The Maharashtra co-operative sugar mills, which were facing the trouble of paying income tax of Rs 2,500 crore before March 2011, have got ...
21 Jan, 2011, 01.01 AM IST
- Maharashtra likely to have 100 lakh tonnnes sugarcane uncrushed this season
Maharashtra is expected to have over 100 lakh tonnes of sugarcane uncrushed during the 10-11 season.
17 Jun, 2010, 12.52 AM IST
- Private sector funds to sweeten Maharashtra sugar mills
Maharashtra, the bastion of cooperative sugar mills, is set to see a slew of big investments from the private sector in the run-up to the t...
05 Jul, 2008, 01.03 AM IST
- Sugar co-ops get a Nabard sweetener
Sixty-Eight sugar co-operatives in the state have signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Nabard, the apex refinance institution for ...
13 Oct, 2006, 12.09 AM IST