Sugarcane fair price hiked to Rs 355 a quintalThe cabinet has increased the sugarcane purchase price for sugar mills by 4.41% to ₹355 per quintal for the season starting in October. Thi...
01 May, 2025, 12.47 AM IST
Balrampur Chini, Shree Renuka and other sugar stocks rally up to 8% as govt to consider MSP, ethanol price hikeSugar stocks surged up to 8% following Food Minister Pralhad Joshi's announcement that the government is considering increasing ethanol pri...
27 Sep, 2024, 02.24 PM IST
Govt mulls hike in sugar MSP, ethanol pricesThe government is considering raising ethanol prices, increasing the minimum selling price of sugar, and reviewing sugar exports for the 20...
27 Sep, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
India set to decide soon on sugar selling price, ethanol useThe Indian government is considering a hike in the sugar MSP to help the industry pay sugarcane farmers promptly. Ethanol policies will be ...
27 Jul, 2024, 07.27 PM IST
Govt to decide on sugar MSP hike in coming days: Food SecyUnion Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra indicated that the government may soon decide on increasing the minimum selling price (MSP) of sugar. T...
27 Jul, 2024, 04.20 PM IST
No hike in MSP causing problems for sugar industry: Federation officialThe sugar industry in the country is experiencing difficulties due to the Centre not increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the pas...
16 Jul, 2024, 02.41 PM IST
Centre rules out hike in minimum selling prices of sugar; exports may touch 60 lakh tonnes in 2021-22By 2025, Pandey said the target should be to divert roughly about 60 lakh tonnes of sugar, which generally is surplus in the Indian context...
17 Dec, 2021, 09.49 PM IST
GoM recommends hike in sugar MSP to Rs 33/kg; asks Food Minister to move cabinet noteSources said the GoM took stock of the pending sugarcane dues to be paid by sugar mills which stand at around Rs 20,000 crore so far in the...
15 Jul, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
Government mulls raising minimum selling price of sugarA task force constituted by Niti Aayog on sugarcane and sugar industry has recommended a one-time increase of Rs 2 per kg. The increase is ...
18 Jun, 2020, 07.26 PM IST
Sugar stocks rally on rising demand, MSP hopesBalrampur Chini Mills gained 12%, Avadh Sugar gained 10% & Shree Renuka ended up 5%.
06 Jun, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
Minimum selling price for sugar may be hiked by up to ₹2 a kgSugar industry argues that the raise in MSP would not affect public much as 65% of the sweetener is being used by the bulk consumers like f...
05 Jun, 2020, 06.47 AM IST
Street loads up on sugar with industry set for a reboundPolicy changes such as export subsidies and encouragement for higher ethanol production should underpin the industry’s viability.
08 Mar, 2019, 11.09 AM IST
Mills to sell sugar at Rs 31/kg now from Rs 29 earlier: Ram Vilas PaswanThe MSP is the rate below which the mills cannot sell sugar in the open market to wholesalers and bulk consumers like beverage and biscuit ...
14 Feb, 2019, 08.13 PM IST
No fear of inflation, fiscal slippage due to MSP hike: Rajiv Kumar, Niti Aayog“The government should be commended repeatedly for keeping up its commitments.”
04 Jul, 2018, 04.16 PM IST
Kharif crop MSPs raised sharply, government says it won't hurt fiscal deficit, inflationThe announcement drove the benchmark stock indices higher, which were ruling at day's high.
04 Jul, 2018, 01.08 PM IST
Mohanbhai Kundariya demands revamp of CACP to meet farmers' current needsCACP has recommended a hike of Rs 100 per quintal in the support price of ragi to Rs 1,650 and Rs 30 per quintal for groundnut MSP to Rs 4,...
26 Apr, 2015, 12.04 PM IST
- Put food subsidy money where the mouth is
A balanced food economy intrinsically depends on the floor or minimum support price (MSP) paid to the farmer by the government for key food...
03 Jul, 2009, 03.51 AM IST