Food Secretary sees bright sugarcane prospects, urges sugar industry consensus on export quotasFood Secretary Sanjeev Chopra anticipates a promising sugarcane crop and urges industry consensus on export quota allocation, favoring mill...
26 Aug, 2025, 12.41 PM IST
India's sugar export may decline 28.57% next seasonIndia's sugar exports are likely to decline by 28.57 at around 8 million tonne in the 2022-23 season on expected lower opening balance stoc...
25 Aug, 2022, 05.09 PM IST
Bankers to approach RBI, Centre on UP Act that allows state to attach sugar mills' assetsBankers feel the move undermines the waterfall mechanism specified under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code and have sought clarity. Industry...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.03 PM IST
Kharif food grains output estimated at 140.57 million tonnesAs per the first advance estimate released by agriculture ministry, the output of rice is estimated at 100.35 million tonnes while pulses p...
23 Sep, 2019, 05.11 PM IST
India may see fifth year of excess sugarcane output due to heavy rainfallIndia may see a fifth consecutive year of excess sugarcane production in 2014-15.
09 Aug, 2013, 12.56 PM IST
- Sugar output may dip to 24 million tonnes next year: Sharad Pawar
In 2011-12 (September-October), the country had produced 26 million tonnes of sugar. However, the output for this year has been pegged lowe...
13 Mar, 2013, 03.11 PM IST
- Dharani Sugars' earnings to improve in coming quarters
Over the last three years, Dharani Sugars & Chemicals' earnings had taken a hit as a result of the capacity expansion program.
07 Dec, 2012, 04.32 PM IST
‘Export sugar & re-import it at lower rate later’Coimbatore-based Sakthi Sugars vice chairman and MD M Manickam says the country could export half a million tonnes of sugar now to capitali...
16 Jul, 2010, 12.34 AM IST
Sugar mills must pay gap between FRP & SAP: PawarPawar said that millers may have to foot the bulk of the difference.
05 Nov, 2009, 12.47 AM IST
- Govt cuts fair price for cane; farmers see red
The government has watered down the method of calculating the fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane, saving the sugar industry a ...
03 Nov, 2009, 02.32 AM IST
Delayed sugarcane crushing makes sugar supply tight; prices firmFarmers are holding back sugarcane from mills in states like UP.
30 Oct, 2009, 09.27 PM IST
- Price rise, sugarcane challenge to Cong
Worried that spiralling prices and woes of sugarcane farmers can adversely impact Congress’ fortunes in upcoming assembly elections, the Ma...
24 Sep, 2009, 06.26 AM IST
- Centre may’ve to pay Rs 2.3k cr on levy sugar
The Centre may have secured additional levy sugar for the below poverty line (BPL) consumers for the festive season.
17 Sep, 2009, 01.31 AM IST
- Sugar crisis
Prices are touching record high and production is expected to drop sharply.
01 Sep, 2009, 02.12 AM IST
- Govt expects healthy crop output on good monsoon
On the back of good monsoon, the government expects a healthy crop output in the kharif season this year but feels even distribution of rai...
06 Jul, 2008, 11.20 AM IST
- Biofuel plans to hit water supplies in China, India
The ambitious plans of India and China to ramp up biofuel production will deplete their water reserves and seriously impact their ability t...
11 Oct, 2007, 03.27 PM IST
- Bitter days for sugarcane farmers
It’s another case of problem of plenty. Sharp fall in the prices of sugar following higher production this year in the country.
07 Aug, 2007, 11.32 PM IST