Rs 10 sugarcane FRP hike: Small raise, big questions for farmers and millsFarmers call the hike inadequate while industry warns of rising cane arrears
12 May, 2026, 08.56 AM IST
Sugar output rises 7% to 275 lakh tonnes: ISMAWhile overall production is up, the number of operational sugar mills has decreased substantially. Maharashtra and Karnataka have shown str...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.19 PM IST
Sugar crushing season hits final phase, production reaches 274.8 lakh tonsUttar Pradesh has produced 89.26 lakh tons so far, against last year production of 91.10 lakh tons.
16 Apr, 2026, 12.44 PM IST
Tech advances yet to fix uneven mill performance, data gaps in sugar sector: Food SecretaryDespite technological advancements, sugar mills face challenges like recovery rate variability and energy inefficiencies. Industry leaders ...
07 Apr, 2026, 09.21 PM IST
India's sugar production rises 9% to 272.31 lakh tons till March 31: ISMAIndia's sugar production saw a 9 percent rise in the 2025-26 season. However, fewer sugar mills are operational this year. The industry is ...
02 Apr, 2026, 03.05 PM IST
Industry body ISMA sees sufficient sugar availability to meet India's demandThe Indian sugar industry body ISMA ensures sufficient sugar availability for the 2024-25 season, with a projected closing stock of 54 lakh...
18 Mar, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
India's y-o-y sugar exports likely to increase by 25%, says ISMAIn the current season, 521 mills operated against 506 mills which operated last season. As on 15th May, 2022, 405 mills had closed their cr...
19 May, 2022, 02.04 PM IST
Cane arrears rise over 19% to Rs 22,900 cr till Feb of 2020-21 season amid liquidity crunch: ISMAQuoting government data, ISMA said, cane arrear so far this year is higher as compared to arrears one year back when it was around Rs 19,20...
01 Apr, 2021, 04.58 PM IST
Sugar production till Dec at 78 lakh tonnes: ISMAIt said that as per market information, over 25 lakh tonne of export contracts against MAEQ has taken place.
02 Jan, 2020, 02.34 PM IST
Sugar production to be up by 4%; exports possible, says ISMAAccording to ISMA, the Government that there is need to take action to control the falling prices, for which some of the stocks could be ex...
18 Jan, 2018, 04.04 PM IST
Sugar production till November 15 up by 79%: ISMAISMA said that 13.73 lakh tonnes of sugar has been produced in the first 45 days of the current season as compared to 7.67 lakh tonnes in t...
20 Nov, 2017, 02.28 PM IST
Sugar output to fall 19% this seasonThe Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said output in the 2016-17 season beginning October would be about 20.3 million tones, compared w...
07 Mar, 2017, 04.33 PM IST
Sugar production increases 2% despite crop fall in MaharashtraUttar Pradesh, the second largest sugar producer of the country, has clocked about 8% rise in sugar output at 53.65 lakh tonnes as of Febru...
03 Mar, 2016, 04.27 AM IST
Indian Sugar Mills Association cuts 2015-16 output estimate by one million tonneIndian Sugar Mills Association has cut 2015-16 sugar output estimate to 26 million tonne from 27 million tonnes estimated in September.
22 Jan, 2016, 03.06 PM IST
Sugar production up 47% to 42.25 lakh tonne so far this seasonThis year 442 mills in the country started crushing by Dec. 15, compared with 426 last year, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said...
17 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
- Mills produce 9.85 lakh tonnes sugar so far this year: ISMA
Mills have produced two lakh tonnes more sugar at 9.84 lakh tonnes in the first one-and- half-month period of 2012-13 marketing year that s...
19 Nov, 2012, 03.51 PM IST
- Sugar production estimate for 2012-13 revised downward to 24 million tonnes
In June, ISMA had released its preliminary estimates of 25 million tonnes of sugar production for 2012-13 sugar season.
10 Sep, 2012, 02.42 PM IST