Pilibhit farmers protest over pending sugarcane payments and closed millFarmers in Pilibhit marched to the minister's residence demanding payment for pending sugarcane dues. They also called for the reopening of...
07 Jun, 2026, 10.15 AM IST
Honouring contracts: Cos seek to export 150,000 tonnes sugarIndia's sugar industry seeks permission for additional exports. This follows a recent ban on overseas shipments. The industry needs to hono...
21 May, 2026, 02.06 AM IST
Rs 10 sugarcane FRP hike: Small raise, big questions for farmers and millsFarmers call the hike inadequate while industry warns of rising cane arrears
12 May, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
Sugar output rises 7% to 275 lakh tonnes: ISMAWhile overall production is up, the number of operational sugar mills has decreased substantially. Maharashtra and Karnataka have shown str...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Sugar production falls 23% till Feb 15, says ISMAIndia's sugar production is at 169.85 lakh tonnes till February 15.
18 Feb, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
India to produce record sugar, stocks to rise further: trade bodyIndia produced 32.5 million tonnes of sugar for the whole of the 2017/18 marketing year.
04 May, 2019, 01.26 PM IST
Sugarcane arrears to growers to come down by Rs 9,000 crore: ISMASugar cane arrears to farmers have crossed Rs 20,000 crore in the current marketing year 2018-19 (October-September).
01 Mar, 2019, 02.43 PM IST
Maharashtra millers to increase raw sugar exportsMillers are happy because the subsidy is more than Rs 110 a tonne they had asked for.
28 Sep, 2018, 10.43 AM IST
Sugar prices in Maharashtra hit new low last seen in March 2016“Sugar prices are falling everywhere as mills are under pressure to clear the cane payment bills,” said T Sarita Reddy, president of Indian...
19 Jan, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
India's sugar production till mid-Jan down by 6 per cent: ISMASugar mills typically operate between November and April, but this year mills have stopped crushing due to lower cane supplies.
18 Jan, 2017, 05.44 PM IST
Sugar production up 24% at 23.6 lakh tonnes in October-November: ISMASugar export from India, the world's second largest producer and biggest consumer, stood at 1.75 lakh tonnes during the October-November pe...
03 Dec, 2015, 03.20 PM IST
Sugar mills divided over government's order of mandatory exportA section of the industry that is not happy with the government decision plans to hold a protest march in the national capital on Friday.
02 Oct, 2015, 12.34 PM IST
India's sugar output to touch all time high of 28.3 MTIndia's sugar production is estimated to touch all time high of 28.3 MT in ongoing marketing year, 2014-15, as mills have manufactured 27.9...
03 Jun, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
- Sugar may remain cheaper with no likely change in import duty
Sugar prices are likely to remain subdued for the next few months as cheap imports of processed and raw sugar continue with the government ...
07 Jan, 2013, 04.03 AM IST
- Raise sugar import duty to 60% to stem shipments: UP mills
The country is also getting processed sugar from Pakistan on a large-scale, which is at least Rs 5 a kg cheaper than Indian variety.
03 Jan, 2013, 06.00 AM IST
- Mills produce 9.85 lakh tonnes sugar so far this year: ISMA
Mills have produced two lakh tonnes more sugar at 9.84 lakh tonnes in the first one-and- half-month period of 2012-13 marketing year that s...
19 Nov, 2012, 03.51 PM IST
- Sugar production till May is up by 8%: Indian Sugar Mills Association
According to Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA0, sugar production till May 2012 is up by 8% compared to the last year.
01 Jun, 2012, 06.06 PM IST