Not so sweet: India may need to import sugar as planting wanesDriven by falling yields in two key producing states, Maharashtra and Karnataka, the sluggish outlook for the crop year that began in Octob...
19 Dec, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
Sugar traders hold tight: India set to roil markets againSugar output is expected to bounce back in 2020 from an estimated three-year low this year.
27 Dec, 2019, 03.45 PM IST
Sugar output in India seen sinking to 3-year low on dry weatherSugar output in India, which vies with Brazil as world’s top grower, may drop to a 3-yr low next season
13 Jun, 2019, 12.20 PM IST
Sugarcane acreage may fall 40% in M’rashtra next seasonCurrently, farmers are struggling to save the cane from wilting for want of water.
20 Mar, 2019, 08.06 AM IST
With reservoirs full, Maharashtra on the way to plant record caneMaharashtra's highest area under cane was 10.54 lakh hectare in 2014-15, when the state had produced 105.14 lakh tonne sugar, its highest e...
14 Oct, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
Indian sugar production estimate at 23.5 million metric tonne, down 6.5% year on year: PlattsThe largest sugar-producing state of Maharashtra has received 746.4 mm of cumulative rain, which is 12% above the LPA.
28 Sep, 2016, 01.03 PM IST
Area under sugarcane cultivation expected to decline 25% during 2016-17, prices to riseThe area under sugarcane cultivation is expected to decline 25% during the 2016-17 season in India’s top sugar producing state Maharashtra ...
11 Feb, 2016, 04.15 AM IST
Dalmia Bharat Sugar to invest Rs 150 cr on expansionDalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd will invest about Rs 150 crore on expansion of existing sugar plant at Kolhapur in Maharashtra.
07 Jun, 2015, 02.20 PM IST
Sugar heartland Maharashtra works on policies to sweeten poll resultsMaharashtra expects to produce 88 lakh tonne sugar in 2014-15 by crushing 770 lakh tonne cane. Cane has been planted on 10.54 lakh hectare.
22 Jul, 2014, 12.13 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
- India's 2013-14 sugar output looks positive: ISO chief
Sugar production in India in the next year looks positive despite concerns about drought situation in some states like Maharashtra: Interna...
25 Mar, 2013, 02.20 PM IST
'New Procurement Policy to aggressively pursue indigenisation'The Defence Ministry is in the final stages of preparing the New Procurement Policy, which will 'aggresively' pursue indigenisation: Defenc...
25 Mar, 2013, 02.03 PM IST
- Dalmia Bharat to invest over Rs 200cr
Dalmia Bharat Sugar and Industries Ltd said it will invest about Rs 200 crore and set up a power plant in Maharashtra.
07 Mar, 2013, 04.38 PM IST
Signs of bumper UP sugar output may aid exportsIn the current season, less than 5,000 tonne has been shipped till now due to low global prices.
05 Mar, 2013, 04.18 AM IST
- Lower acreage to lift cane prices for 2013-14 season
The situation is grimmer than this year as there is no new plantation of cane in the last three to four months due to a drought.
19 Sep, 2012, 06.00 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
- Farmers feel pinch of falling sugar prices
Farmers are already feeling the pinch of a bearish sugar sector. Cane farmers in Maharashtra have agreed to accept a lower price than last ...
25 Nov, 2006, 02.20 AM IST