The global sugar market is currently facing a significant surplus. Large crop expectations from Brazil, a top producer, suggest this proble...

The government has offered flurry of incentives this year to boost exports amid sugar glut which included transport subsidies.

Australia has formally asked the WTO to set up a panel to probe if India was breaching its obligations.

Around 40 of the 522 mills across India already stopped crushing operations and a majority of the mills from Maharashtra are expected to sh...

The sources also said the previous scheme, which was approved during the mid-season, failed to boost shipments amid a global glut and the n...

Sugar is going through one of the biggest gluts in the last many years globally. This means that price hike is not happening very soon.

The government has watered down the method of calculating the fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane, saving the sugar industry a ...

Farmers are holding back sugarcane from mills in states like UP.

The country is facing a sugar glut following a record harvest of more than 30 million tonnes in the 2006-07 crop year ended September 30, w...

The all-year round strategic sugar buffer, the viability of which is one of the issues before the Kelkar committee, appears unviable until ...

Sugar production in India is estimated to grow by 3.9 per cent at a record 293 lakh tons in 2007-08 against 282 lakh tons last season on hi...

Maharashtra govt will extend guarantee for sugar co-operatives to help them raise fresh capital for the season.

If there is one sector where success has not left behind a sweet taste, it is sugar. A successful co-operative model and a bumper productio...

Government unwilling to lift 10 lakh tonnes stock as buyers go for cheaper open market sugar.

: Sugar is unlikely to turn bitter for inflation-watchers this year.

RBI has asked all commercial banks to sanction additional loan limits of Rs 420 crore to sugar mills.

The problem of plenty is likely to besiege the sugar sector next year with output slated to almost double to 230 lakh tonnes during 2006-07...