Cane price hike shows govt committed to fulfilling its pledge for farmers' welfare: PM ModiThe Cabinet meeting headed by Modi hiked the minimum price that mills have to pay to sugarcane growers by Rs 25 to Rs 340 per quintal for t...
22 Feb, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
Over Rs 2 lakh cr paid to sugarcane farmers via direct benefit transfer since 2017: Uttar Pradesh CMUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that around Rs 2,13,400 crore have been paid to sugarcane farmers through direct ben...
10 Jun, 2023, 06.59 PM IST
Sugarcane prices: Farmers' stir continues as meeting with ministers remains inconclusiveAfter the meeting in Chandigarh on Sunday, senior farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal told reporters, "Not much was achieved from today's m...
22 Aug, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Samajwadi Party, Congress stage protest as UP Assembly's budget session beginsSome of its MLAs arrived for the session on tractors carrying sugarcane in solidarity with the ongoing farmers’ agitation and to protest ag...
19 Feb, 2021, 12.32 AM IST
At farmers protest sites, Punjab brothers doing 'sewa' by fixing tractorsThe two brothers are part of the thousands who have gathered at the two borders to protest against the new farm laws, which many farmers sa...
03 Dec, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
Sugarcane farmer's suicide triggers protest in UPA farmer committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh allegedly due to non-procurement of hi...
06 Jun, 2020, 07.40 AM IST
Farmers' protests to intensify, Maha govt having 'negative approach': AIKSThere has been no response from the government on the demands of the protesting farmers, AIKS general secretary Ajit Navle told reporters i...
02 Jun, 2018, 07.41 PM IST
Modi went to Baghpat to take credit for UPA-era project: RahulIn a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said the Prime Minister zoomed past the fields of sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh without sparing any though...
27 May, 2018, 10.21 PM IST
Farmers, RLD members stage protest against sugarcane mills in UPFarmers and RLD members staged a protest outside the office of Uttar Pradesh Cane Commissioner against the alleged exploitation by sugarcan...
15 Dec, 2015, 04.41 PM 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
Sugarcane dues: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to hold meeting with sugar factory ownersPrasad said most of them have sought relaxation of the December 31 deadline for paying the first instalment of dues.
30 Dec, 2014, 05.03 PM IST
Sugarcane growers to get incentive of Rs 150 per tonneKarnataka Cabinet decided to provide an incentive of Rs 150 per tonne of sugarcane in addition to the already announced State Advisory Pric...
03 Jan, 2014, 09.54 PM IST
- Government authorises state governments to fix prices for sugarcane
The government has authorised state governments to fix prices for the produce.
08 Dec, 2012, 09.24 PM IST
Anna Hazare supports farmers' protests in MaharashtraFarmers had staged road blockades at various places in western Maharashtra as per the appeal made by the farmers' leader.
14 Nov, 2012, 12.36 PM IST
- LS passes controversial sugarcane support price thorugh ECA amendeents
The Centre formally legislated the increase of State-set purchase price for sugarcane to Rs 129.84 per quintal from 107.76 per quintal.
11 Dec, 2009, 06.52 AM IST
- Rahul gets assurance from PM on sugarcane
PM assured him that the ordinance would be "suitably amended".
20 Nov, 2009, 10.04 AM IST
- PM assures Rahul on sugarcane
PM has assured Rahul Gandhi on sugarcane related ordinance.
20 Nov, 2009, 03.58 AM IST