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
Govt raises sugarcane FRP by Rs 10 to Rs 365/quintal for 2026-27 seasonThe government has increased the minimum price for sugarcane. Sugar mills will now pay Rs 365 per quintal to farmers for the 2026-27 season...
05 May, 2026, 08.24 PM IST
Govt overhauls six-decade-old sugarcane law; seeks comments on draft by May 20The Centre is proposing a new Sugarcane (Control) Order 2026, replacing the 1966 version to integrate ethanol production, digital complianc...
22 Apr, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Sugarcane fair price hiked to Rs 355 a quintalThe cabinet has increased the sugarcane purchase price for sugar mills by 4.41% to ₹355 per quintal for the season starting in October. Thi...
01 May, 2025, 12.47 AM IST
Cabinet okays increase in sugarcane FRP by Rs 10 to Rs 285/qtl for 2020-21The decision to increase the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for the 2020-21 marketing year (October-September) was taken in...
19 Aug, 2020, 07.29 PM IST
Maharashtra sugar commissioner initiates recovery proceedings against sugar mills to pay farmersIn the last sugar season (October to September), when the sugar commissioner's office had issued RRCs to some 40 sugar mills, they had liqu...
29 Jan, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
Government hikes sugarcane price by Rs 20/quintal to Rs 275The decision to increase the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for the 2018-19 marketing year was taken by the Cabinet Committ...
18 Jul, 2018, 05.55 PM IST
CACP proposes Rs 20 per quintal hike in sugarcane FRP for next seasonThe fair and remunerative price (FRP), the minimum price sugar mills have to pay to farmers, has been fixed at Rs 255 per quintal for the 2...
29 Oct, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
Sugar price rise 'inevitable' due to sugarcane FRP hike: NFCSFThe National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories, which represents cooperative sugar mills, welcomed the government's decision to hik...
25 May, 2017, 06.42 PM IST
Government hikes sugarcane FRP by Rs 25 per quintal for 2017-18This 11% rise in FRP has taken place after two years. Last year, the government had kept prices unchanged at Rs 230 per quintal.
25 May, 2017, 01.23 AM IST
CCEA hikes sugarcane fair price to Rs 230/qtl for 2015-16"The CCEA has approved the FRP of sugarcane payable by sugar mills for the 2015-16 sugar season to be fixed at Rs 230 per quintal. This dec...
16 Jan, 2015, 04.24 PM IST
CCEA may consider tomorrow hike in sugarcane FRPThe the fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane for the ongoing 2013-14 (October-September) sugar year stands at Rs 210 per quintal.
05 Feb, 2014, 09.06 PM IST
Govt hikes sugarcane FRP by 23.5% to Rs 210 per quintal for 2013-14The Fair and Remunerative Price was at Rs 170 per quintal in the 2012-13 marketing year (October-September).
01 Feb, 2013, 04.35 AM IST
- Government likely to hike levy price of sugar by Rs 2 per kg for this year
For the 2011-12 marketing year (October-September), the levy price of sugar was 19.04 per kg.
08 Jan, 2013, 12.22 PM IST
- CCEA nod for 17% hike in sugarcane price for 2012-13
Mills will now have to pay Rs 170 per quintal to farmers as FRP, or the minimum price that sugarcane farmers are legally guaranteed.
20 Jul, 2012, 11.51 AM IST
- After cane pricing, it’s about mills’ profit share
A final resolution to the sugarcane pricing issue still eludes the government. After taking a step back by withdrawing the controversial cl...
24 Nov, 2009, 03.24 AM IST
- Govt may dilute states' control over sugar prices
It involves an amendment of the Sugarcane Control Order, 1966, to dilute the right of the state governments to announce the State Advised P...
27 Oct, 2009, 03.55 AM IST