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India craves a sweet fix for crude addiction. Can it work?India is rapidly expanding its use of ethanol, a sugar-based fuel. This strategy aims to cut reliance on imported crude oil and boost farme...
Oil prices surge from Iran conflict boosts global biofuel demandGlobal oil prices are surging due to a war in the Middle East. This is increasing demand for biofuels made from crops. Countries in Asia ar...
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...
A 50 year old cane order enforced in UP; Maharashtra millers mumLargest sugar producer UP, implemented this provision in 2016-17.
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...
Narendra Modi's pitch for co-operatives rattles UP sugar baronsSugar barons in UP are rattled by Modi's call to give a better deal for farmers and his preference for co-operatives instead of private fir...
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...
Pricing uncertainty forces Uttar Pradesh sugar mills to shut downSugar mills have posted notices telling the farmers that they should look for alternatives to sell their cane crop as mills won’t be able t...
UP Cane prices may be on their way up, sugar mills miffedPrivate sugar mills have been requesting the government to either reduce it to Rs 225 per quintal or adopt the Rangarajan formula.
Uncertainty over sugarcane prices may delay crushing seasonFarmers have have not made stand clear, a reason for the delay, which though will benefit mills as sugar content in cane will rise.
India may see fifth year of excess sugarcane output due to heavy rainfallIndia may see a fifth consecutive year of excess sugarcane production in 2014-15.
- UP government yet to announce SAP of sugar cane farmers
Despite the sugar cane crushing at its peak the Akhilesh Yadav government has yet to announce the State Advised Price (SAP) of cane making ...
- Sugar cane farmers' agitation turns violent in Maharashtra
The agitation turned violent from last week with the police rounding up farmers' leader Raju Shetty on Monday.
- Sugarcane farmers benefit through SIS system in Uttar Pradesh
For sugar cane farmers in UP a novel e-governance project has come as a boon for dealing with delayed payments, under weighing of their pro...
- CM rules out further aid for sugar cane farmers
State chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has rejected a demand for more sops for the sector during a meeting convened to discuss the unpreced...
- Sweet something for Mulayam
The EC’s dubbing of the announcement of this package which included export subsidy to sugar mills and a two million tonne buffer of sugar a...
- Sugar may turn sour for Congress in UP
The close links between sugar and electoral politics will once again be on display against the backdrop of the UP elections and the not-so-...