Maharashtra's poll pitch sweetened with Rs 1,898 cr loan for struggling sugar mills tied to NCP and BJP leadersMaharashtra assembly elections: The National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) has approved a working capital loan of Rs 1,898 cro...
04 Jul, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
Indian sugar export subsidy decision unlikely before state elections: SourcesSubsidies are set for one year from Oct. 1. The government has extended the 2019/20 subsidy until December, but in practice exporters will ...
22 Oct, 2020, 05.08 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
Cabinet okays Rs 5,500-crore package to sugar industryCCEA approved the food ministry's proposal that seeks to address the surplus domestic stock of sugar and help mills in clearing huge cane a...
27 Sep, 2018, 07.52 AM IST
CAG: Divestment panel indulged in anomaliesOne of the two retired chief secretaries, who were in the CGD, has reportedly expressed wish to turn approver in the case.
09 May, 2018, 11.18 AM IST
Tamil Nadu sets state-advised price of sugarcane at Rs 2,850 a tonneThis price adds Rs 550 including transport charges to the centre-advised Fair and Remunerative Price at Rs 2,300 a tonne for the sugar year...
12 Jan, 2016, 11.41 AM IST
Raw sugar export subsidy ruled out for now, focus on white exportsThe raw sugar market has been on tenterhooks for any sign India might renew export subsidies, which expired on Sept. 30, as they would pote...
13 Oct, 2015, 02.27 PM IST
Biggest challenge for poll-bound Maharashtra is fixing support price for sugarcaneSugarcane pricing has always been a thorny issue in India. A high price is resisted by influential sugar mill owners as it raises their inp...
03 Oct, 2014, 02.27 AM IST
Sugar industry, some farmers can’t agree on Maharashtra price control boardMaharashtra co-operation minister Harshvardhan Patil announced the names of the non-official members of the SPCB on Monday.
26 Aug, 2014, 01.26 PM IST
Farmer bodies likely to lock horns with sugar mill owners in MaharashtraIf the Board is set up in Maharashtra, it is expected to declare FRP decided by central government as the first installment of cane price.
19 Aug, 2014, 03.00 AM IST
Country liquor flows as countryside casts its voteThere are several businesses that flourish during the election season; one such business that no insider wants to talk about in the open is...
01 May, 2014, 05.37 PM IST
UP mills may have to wait for central subsidy benefitsThe sugar mills from western India will be the immediate beneficiaries of the central government’s subsidy for raw sugar production.
20 Feb, 2014, 05.53 AM IST
Bleak future for Maharashtra sugar industry ahead of pollsThe elections scheduled for the state assembly in 2014 may not augur well for the sugar industry in top sugar producing state Maharashtra, ...
23 Jan, 2014, 12.36 PM IST
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.
31 Oct, 2013, 12.17 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav turns pro on farmers, but cane growers not amusedState advised price of cane in UP is Rs 280 per quintal currently, the highest in the country followed by Haryana and Punjab at Rs 240 per ...
30 Aug, 2013, 12.26 PM IST
- UP govt denies irregularities in sale of sugar mills
Contrary to Samajwadi Party's stand, Uttar Pradesh government today said that no irregularities were made in sale of sugar mills in the pre...
13 Jun, 2012, 05.24 PM IST
- Maharashtra sugar output down 17%
Sugar production in Maharashtra, the largest producer of the commodity in the country, has fallen by over 17%, having clocked an output of ...
13 Feb, 2009, 01.47 AM IST