For over 100 years global plastic pollution became menace for environment, now forks created from sugar can be household alternativeBioplastics are biobased, meaning they are made completely or partially from a renewable resource, commonly corn or sugar cane; or they are...
11 Aug, 2026, 05.25 AM IST
Flex reflections from Brazil: India’s ethanol push faces lessons from Brazil’s Proalcool crisisIndia debates ethanol mandates, drawing lessons from Brazil's Proalcool program. Brazil's initial success faced a late 1980s crisis due to ...
07 Aug, 2026, 01.14 AM IST
Assam Budget 2026-27: Spotlight falls on polygamy after big announcement by state FM Jayanta Malla BaruahAmong Assam's 2026-27 budget proposals, a major one is that polygamous men will be barred from accessing government schemes. Additionally, ...
11 Jul, 2026, 10.36 AM IST
Govt defends ethanol blending, says programme saved Rs 1.9 lakh crore in forexThe government defends its ethanol-blended petrol program amid concerns. This initiative has significantly boosted the sugar economy and fa...
10 Jul, 2026, 10.06 PM IST
Samajwadi Party misused Rampuri knife to grab lands; BJP made it a symbol of security, development: UP CMUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath used the 'Rampuri chaku' metaphor to criticize the Samajwadi Party, alleging they misused powe...
30 Jun, 2026, 04.21 PM IST
UP targets 20,000 MW renewable energy capacity in next 2-3 years: Yogi AdityanathUttar Pradesh is aggressively boosting its renewable energy capacity, aiming for 20,000 MW in two to three years from the current 6,000 MW....
27 Jun, 2026, 04.48 PM IST
Is the Iran war just an energy shock - or a turning point?A potential U.S.-Iran peace deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could signal a watershed moment for global energy markets, moving beyond a ...
16 Jun, 2026, 06.41 AM IST
Fueling Demand: Inside India’s ethanol mobility revolution in reverseIndia is launching an ambitious green mobility initiative. The country is establishing E100 fuel stations nationwide before flex-fuel vehic...
11 Jun, 2026, 02.05 PM IST
Bihar government to provide remissions to cash-strapped sugar millsThe condition for the sugar factories is that they would purchase sugar cane growers’ produce at the rate of 270 per quintal (early variety...
02 Feb, 2016, 06.40 PM IST
ISEC to export 1 lakh tonnes of Sugar by mid-OctoberCountry's sugar production in marketing year 2015-16, is estimated at 27 million tonnes against the annual demand of 24.5 million tonnes.
30 Sep, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
Sugar industry representatives meet PM Narendra ModiA delegation led by former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, comprising of MPs and representatives of cooperative sugar industry.
11 May, 2015, 04.21 PM IST
Nitin Gadkari, Sharad Pawar to discuss sugar industry crisis with FM Arun JaitleyUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari said he and NCP president Sharad Pawar will call upon Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to discuss the crisis faci...
25 Apr, 2015, 06.38 PM IST
25% of debt-ridden sugar mills unlikely to operate next year: ISMASugar industry apex body ISMA today said that about 25 per cent of over 500 mills in the country may not be in a position to start crushing...
15 Apr, 2015, 10.43 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh sugar industry cries foul; crisis escalateThe biggest party contributions in India’s most politically crucial state used to be made by the sugar companies, say Uttar Pradesh veteran...
30 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Food Ministry to move Cabinet on interest-free loans to sugar millsSugar industry is facing financial problems due to rise in production cost and sharp fall in domestic prices. Cane arrear had risen to Rs 3...
26 Nov, 2013, 05.18 PM IST
- UP sets up panel to look into sugar crisis
A group formed by Uttar Pradesh sugarcane development minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui will submit its suggestions on resolving the crisis in ...
31 May, 2007, 04.35 AM IST
- Sugar barons want state to bail them out
The sugar kings of Maharashtra seem to have come together to extract another round of largesse from the state.
05 Apr, 2007, 03.32 AM IST