Worsening economics of sugar industry worries mills, administration in MaharashtraSluggish domestic demand, subdued prices, no exports and an increase in price of sugarcane without commensurate rise in the sugar price hav...
14 Dec, 2020, 06.39 PM IST
Sugar mills yet to clear Rs 2,400 cr pending dues of last 2 seasons to cane growers: GovtDepressed sugar prices due to surplus sugar production in two consecutive sugar seasons -- 2017-18 and 2018-19 -- adversely affected the li...
25 Feb, 2020, 12.20 PM IST
UP government releases Rs 200 crore for cane price payment of sugar co-operativesUttar Pradesh government has released released an amount of Rs.200 crore for the outstanding cane price payment of 20 cooperative sugar mil...
08 Jan, 2020, 05.50 PM IST
UP govt forces sugar mills to clear farmers' dues of Rs 450 crore in 4 daysInstructions have been given to the defaulter sugar mills to ensure payments of entire cane dues without any delay, strict action has been ...
20 Sep, 2019, 08.16 PM IST
Cane arrears decline to Rs 15,222 cr so far in 2018-19: Ram Vilas PaswanThe cane arrear of the 2017-18 marketing year has also come down to Rs 285 crore, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said in a written reply in...
23 Jul, 2019, 03.26 PM IST
UP sugar mills need to pay more than Rs 200 crore in interest arrearsUP cane commissioner’s office- the total interest payment on the outstanding dues to be about Rs 230 crore.
24 May, 2017, 01.19 PM IST
Uttarakhand government approves Rs 88 crore package for sugar sectorUttarakhand CM Harish Rawat has approved Rs 65 crore package for maing cane price payments to farmers, the Sugar Development Secretary Vino...
22 Jan, 2016, 10.02 PM IST
Millers taking revenge of defeat in Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, allege farmers' organisationKolhapur and Sangli districts are known as sugar bowl of the state due to their high sugar recovery and these areas are also the base of wo...
17 Dec, 2015, 02.09 PM IST
Marathwada mills declared Rs 1500/tonne as the first installment of cane paymentSugar mills from Marathwada region of Maharashtra have declared to pay Rs 1500/tonne as the first installment of cane payment to the sugarc...
04 Dec, 2015, 06.48 PM IST
Staggered payment on the cards for Maharashtra's cane farmersThe state government refrained from making any assurance to the farmers' organisations in the state, which have unanimously demanded a one-...
20 Nov, 2015, 11.07 AM IST
UP sugar mills go slow on procurement amid falling pricesUP, which ranks second in sugar production in the country, has so far produced 2 mn tonnes of sugar in the current season, which ends in Se...
20 Jan, 2015, 11.54 AM IST
CM Siddaramaiah to hold meeting with sugar factory owners to fix payment issuesSugarcane growers, who had rejected the price of Rs 2,500 a tonne fixed by the government, had staged protests, demanding that it be raised...
30 Dec, 2014, 06.25 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh's cane pricing policy is the main reason for sugar sector losses: Arundhati BhattacharyaSBI Chairman says Uttar Pradesh's cane pricing policy is the primary reason for sugar sector losses and seeks Rangarajan committe report on...
27 Sep, 2014, 09.55 AM IST
Cane price row: UP mills threaten to shut operations in 2014-15Against the Central price of Rs 210 per quintal, the UP government has fixed the cane price at Rs 280 per quintal for the current season.
05 Aug, 2014, 06.53 PM IST
Central government approves interest free soft loans for sugarcane industryFalling sugar prices have made it tougher for the sugar mills to make cane payments. Hence, the centre has approved interest free soft loan...
13 Feb, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
The bitter lesson from the UP sugar crisisRangarajan panel nailed the problem: the vertical linkage between cane farming and cane crushing and the need to reflect this in how much e...
21 Nov, 2013, 06.24 AM IST
- Sweet harvest for sugarcane farmers
It’s been one sweet return on the farm front for the country’s sugarcane farmers in the 2005-06 season.
09 Jan, 2007, 03.20 AM IST