Lower diversion for ethanol will help the world's second biggest sugar producer in increasing output of the sweetener, which is expected to...

While international sugar prices have recovered marginally from their record lows of September 2015, they remain at modest levels.

Many of the 25 coconut producers have started production of neera and associated products, ensuring a minimum income of Rs 1,000 per tree a...

Akhilesh's government has warned of strict action if millers stop operations in next season, starting October 1.

The dramatic fall in sugar recovery, if cane is not crushed immediately after being harvested, greatly constrains the freedom of farmers/mi...

Rangarajan panel nailed the problem: the vertical linkage between cane farming and cane crushing and the need to reflect this in how much e...

The issue involves 35 lakh cane farmers who form an important vote bank for the SP, and the Rs 35,000-crore sugar industry which is the big...

DSCL profit plunged by almost 95%, as its core sugar production business continued to take hits due to the lack of government clarity in ca...

Bogged down by huge debt and mounting cane arrears, sugar mills all over the country have delayed crushing.

Sugar industry in UP has voiced its inability to sustain running their mills in the coming season as losses mount.

Prices of sugar cane byproducts such as molasses, alcohol and rectified spirit have increased by up to 50% anticipating a shortage of the r...

the proposed combination is not likely to have an appreciable adverse effect on competition in India and therefore, the Commission approves...

At present, the Centre fixes the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP), which is the minimum price that mills have to pay to sugarcane growers.

Sugar prices have dipped to Rs 26/kg and mills have not been able to sell the February quota till now.

After two years of bumper crop of sugar cane, India is likely to see a drop in output by more than 30 per cent compared to the previous sea...

Tamil Nadu was planning to give away the surplus power produced in the sugar mills to the state Electricity Board, says PWD minister Durai ...

The state government wants sugar factories to become complete units & make by-products also.