Centre doubles incentive on sugar sacrificed for producing ethanol from October 2021In the 2020-21 ethanol marketing year ending November, the country is estimated to achieve an 8.5 per cent blending of ethanol with petrol,...
01 Oct, 2021, 06.55 PM IST
Sugar industry's future looks good but persisting concerns need attention, says rating agencySugar exports surpassed 5 million tonne mark in early August with Indonesia being the biggest buyer. The report added that the Fair and Rem...
30 Sep, 2021, 01.19 PM IST
Centre hikes sugar FRP to Rs 290/quintal; rules out raising sugar selling priceThe central government announces the FRP, the minimum price that mills have to pay to cane growers, every year before start of the sugarcan...
25 Aug, 2021, 04.40 PM IST
Sugar mills may earn Rs 15,000 crore revenue in 2020-21 from ethanol supply to OMCsDue to surplus production, the minister said the ex-mill prices of sugar remain subdued resulting in cash loss to sugar mills. This excess ...
27 Jul, 2021, 05.03 PM IST
ISMA keeps India's 2021-22 sugar production unchanged at 310 lakh tonnes"After accounting for the reduction in sugar production due to diversion of cane juice and B-molasses to ethanol, ISMA estimates sugar prod...
14 Jul, 2021, 03.33 PM IST
India's YoY sugar production till Feb jumps 20%: ISMAIn the current marketing year that begun on Oct. 1, 502 sugar mills have started operations, but 98 mills stopped crushing by February end,...
03 Mar, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
ISMA says OMCs in some states not lifting ethanol; hopes early solutionThe Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) on Thursday said oil marketing companies (OMCs) in some states do not seem to be fully geared up ...
18 Feb, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Sugar exports may drop 24 pc this year due to logistics issues: Trade body AISTASugar mills had exported 5.7 million tonnes of sugar against the mandatory quota of 6 million tonnes set for the 2019-20 season (October-Se...
11 Feb, 2021, 06.45 PM IST
Sugar production jumps nearly 3-folds to 14.10 lakh tn till November 15: ISMASince India is going to have another surplus sugar year, the industry body said it is awaiting policy decisions from the government on expo...
17 Nov, 2020, 05.43 PM IST
Sugar output to rise 12% in 2020-21 season: Trade body"Based on the satellite images procured in the latter part of June 2020, the total acreage under sugarcane in the country is estimated to b...
25 Jun, 2020, 09.36 PM IST
India's 2019-20 sugar production to be 270 lakh tonnes, says ISMAISMA had estimated a production of 265 lakh tonnes for the current season. However, the gur and khandsari manufacturers shut their operatio...
02 Jun, 2020, 01.15 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh mills produce record sugar till May 15Factories in East UP have already closed their crushing operations for the current season. About 40 % of the factories in Central U.P. are ...
18 May, 2020, 01.16 PM IST
Export demand from Indonesia will compensate fall in domestic sugar demand due to lockdown, says ISMAISMA said that the exports have been affected due to sudden drop in global sugar prices, but the recent depreciation of rupee is giving som...
16 Apr, 2020, 03.51 PM IST
India likely to export 50 lakh tonnes sugar in 2019-20, says ISMAIn Maharashtra, sugar production till 29th February 2020 was 50.70 lakh tonnes , compared with 92.88 lakh tonnes produced last year same pe...
03 Mar, 2020, 04.42 PM IST
Sugar production falls 23% till Feb 15, says ISMAIndia's sugar production is at 169.85 lakh tonnes till February 15.
18 Feb, 2020, 02.05 PM IST
Sugar price may rise 8% in season 2020: CrisilCrisil expects sugar prices to rise 8 percent to Rs 33-34 per kg in SS 2020 through September 2020.
05 Sep, 2019, 08.44 PM IST
Crisil forecasts 8-9% rise in sugar pricesTraders are sceptical about such an increase in sugar prices.
08 Aug, 2019, 08.47 AM IST