An employee fired for Rs 2 lakh embezzlement has won a significant victory in the Supreme Court. The apex court ruled that the employer's i...

"Mills have to pay total Rs 72,000 crore for sugarcane purchased from farmers during the 2019-20 season (October-September). Maximum has be...

Paswan said sugar production was high in 2017-18 and 2018-19 marketing years which led to a sharp decline in the domestic ex-mill prices of...

Depressed sugar prices due to surplus sugar production in two consecutive sugar seasons -- 2017-18 and 2018-19 -- adversely affected the li...

Mills in Uttar Pradesh owe the maximum amount at Rs 11,082 crore, followed by Karnataka (Rs 1,704 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 1,338 crore).

Sugar cane arrears to farmers have crossed Rs 20,000 crore in the current marketing year 2018-19 (October-September).

As per the government data, cane arrears soared to Rs 22,654 crore as on June 1, which has come down to Rs 19,816 crore till June 25th.

Sugar mills in Tamil Nadu have produced only 1.70 lakh tonnes of sugar till 31 December 2017 compared to the 1.86 lakh tonnes produced last...

The cane price arrears of Rs 3,269 crore on Fair and Remunerative Price basis and Rs 6,582 crore on State Advised Price basis are outstandi...

Government today ruled out any new package or loan waiver to sugar mills although their dues to sugarcane farmers have touched Rs 15,893 cr...

"The government approved a Rs 6,000 crore soft loan to facilitate mills make payment to farmers, but it has not been much successful. "

There was also no proposal currently before the Centre to pay these arrears directly to the farmers, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said.

Sugar mills are unable to clear the cane arrears to farmers as the ex-factory prices of the sweetener is ruling below the production cost.

Paswan, however said the government cannot keep on giving soft loans to mills and at the same time see farmers dying of hunger on streets.

UP millers owe nearly Rs 7,000 crore to sugarcane farmers, out of the total cane arrears of Rs 13,000 crore in the country.

The Allahabad High Court has ordered that sugar mills pay interest to cane farmers on arrears and that banks suspend agriculture loan recov...

The sugar industry owes Rs 2,591 crore in arrears to sugarcane farmers till May 15 of the current 2010-11 season Sep-Oct: Thomas