President's Rule in Maharashtra creates uncertainty about starting of crushing seasonThe sugar commissioner’s office issues licences to sugar mills to begin operations after this date after checking that the mills have fulfi...
14 Nov, 2019, 10.49 AM IST
Maharashtra’s 2019-20 sugar production likely to fall by 45%The extent of drop in Maharashtra’s sugar production will play a crucial role in determining the country's total sugar production for the 2...
06 Nov, 2019, 12.00 PM IST
Maharashtra govt, cos to check sugar mills’ undercuttingMills use various means to circumvent MSP, said people aware of the matter.
29 Mar, 2019, 08.39 AM IST
Maharashtra sugar commissioner initiates recovery proceedings against sugar mills to pay farmersIn the last sugar season (October to September), when the sugar commissioner's office had issued RRCs to some 40 sugar mills, they had liqu...
29 Jan, 2019, 10.42 AM IST
Maharashtra gives in principal approval to sugar mills facing liquidity crunch to pay farmers by giving sugarThe state has crushed 497 lakh tonnes of sugarcane and produced 52 lakh tonnes of sugar till date with a sugar recovery of 10.63%.
16 Jan, 2019, 10.29 AM IST
Mills get nod to give farmers sugar as part-paymentIf implemented, this move could create a big decentralised stock holding with farmers.
15 Jan, 2019, 08.19 AM IST
Maharashtra's 2017-18 sugar production to touch 10 million tonnes“We have revised our preliminary estimate of 73 lakh tonnes to 100 lakh tonnes now,” said Sambhaji Kadu Patil, sugar commissioner of Mahara...
05 Mar, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
A 50 year old cane order enforced in UP; Maharashtra millers mumLargest sugar producer UP, implemented this provision in 2016-17.
03 Oct, 2017, 09.20 AM IST
State, ISMA not on same page about sugar estimateAccording to ISMA's first advance estimate for 2016-17, India's sugar output is expected to decline 7 per cent to 233.7 lakh tonnes this ye...
10 Oct, 2016, 02.19 PM IST
Oil marketing companies to procure Rs 97-crore litre ethanolThe industry is also expecting that the Union government may come out with the decision about extending export incentives any time.
30 Dec, 2014, 10.43 AM IST
- Cost & energy audits now mandatory for Maharashtra sugar co-operatives
The Maharashtra government has made it mandatory for the co-operative sugar industry to perform cost and energy audits.
27 Feb, 2012, 03.36 AM IST
- Maharashtra confirms fall in sugar prod estimate
Maharashtra govt has officially revised downward the sugar production estimate of the state by five lakh tonnes from 9.3 million tonnes to ...
27 Jan, 2012, 11.46 AM IST
- Maharashtra mills owe Sugarcane arrears to farmers, payments unlikely soon
The sugar cane crushing season is about to get over in Maharashtra and there are arrears of over a month to be paid to cane farmers.
30 Jun, 2011, 05.18 AM IST
- Allahabad HC orders arrears recovery from sugar mills
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh sugarcane commissioner to initiate recovery proceedings against all s...
09 Oct, 2007, 05.38 AM IST
- State steps in to stem sugar price slide
The sugar commissioner’s February 27 order asking sugar mills not to sell at below-levy rates has helped arrest the slide in ex-factory sug...
06 Mar, 2007, 02.58 AM IST
- State asks mills to sell sugar at levy prices
In an effort to ensure that sugar prices do not slide and mills are able to pay farmers at least the binding statutory minimum price (SMP),...
28 Feb, 2007, 04.20 AM IST
- Govt struggles to check sugar slide in state
A Problem of plenty is pushing Maharashtra’s sugar industry into a financial crisis.
26 Feb, 2007, 03.59 AM IST