Budget 2023: Cooperative sugar mills get income tax relief of Rs 10,000 croresThe co-operative sugar industry of Maharashtra had been fighting a case with the income tax department about the categorisation of the paym...
02 Feb, 2023, 02.24 AM IST
Budget 2023: Sugar stocks rally on benefits to co-operativesIf any deduction claimed for expenditure made on purchase of sugar has been disallowed, an application can be made to the assessing officer...
01 Feb, 2023, 02.09 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh budget gives boost to agriculture sectorIn view of doubling farmers' income by 2022, an outlay of Rs 100 crore has been proposed for Atma Nirbhar Krishak Samanvit Vikas Yojana in ...
22 Feb, 2021, 05.14 PM IST
Sugar mills sweat over Rs 16,000 crore cane arrearsThe arrears this year are lower than last year’s Rs 21,000 crore. “Apart from that, mills also have to pay accumulated arrears of previous ...
23 Apr, 2020, 07.41 AM IST
Govt mulls over new sugar export policy; stocks jump up to 20%New sugar policy will likely be rolled out from the next season, beginning October.
27 Jun, 2019, 12.48 PM IST
Yet another sweetener for sugar companies before electionsThe new relief package could entail the Centre facilitating loans worth nearly Rs 12,000 cr for which the exchequer will bear the 5-6% inte...
08 Jan, 2019, 10.59 PM IST
Govt may allot Rs 500 cr for sugar development fund in BudgetThe government may marginally raise the corpus for Sugar Development Fund (SDF) to Rs 500 crore in the upcoming Budget for 2018-19.
24 Jan, 2018, 04.31 PM IST
Finance Ministry may scrap sugar cess in Budget 2017The cess, collected from sugar mills, is deposited in Sugar Development Fund (SDF) managed by the food ministry. The fund is used to lend m...
29 Jan, 2017, 01.41 PM IST
Raw sugar exports rise to 2 million tonnesRising international prices for raw sugar and a recent budget announcement by the Maharashtra government is seen pushing up exports of the ...
21 Mar, 2016, 06.20 AM IST
Sugar mills' cane arrears to fall Rs 1,100 crore on government subsidyThe Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), however, said the cash-starved industry might need further assistance as losses are expected to ...
18 Nov, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
Ram Vilas Paswan meets FM; wants import duty on edible oils to be hikedFood Minister Ram Vilas Paswan met Arun Jaitley here and discussed the issue of raising import duty on crude and refined edible oils.
24 Oct, 2014, 07.27 PM IST
Will continue to sell sugar at discounted rates to BPL families: KV ThomasProtecting the PDS system in the country we will find out a mechanism by which sugar can be decontrolled, says KV Thomas.
06 Mar, 2013, 03.00 PM IST
Expect sugar decontrol before Budget 2013: ISMAThe government is expected to decontrol sugar sector before the Union Budget, said Abinash Verma, DG, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA).
19 Feb, 2013, 12.26 PM IST
Government to decide on sugar decontrol before Budget: K V ThomasA Cabinet note on sugar decontrol will be moved shortly after discussion with senior ministers, particularly Agriculture and Defence, he ad...
06 Feb, 2013, 04.47 PM IST
- There was nothing in it for sugar: Sanjay Tapriya
Sanjay Tapriya, Director, Simbhaoli Sugar Mills said "Specifically for sugar, there was nothing in it. There were expectations on direction...
26 Feb, 2010, 01.57 PM IST
- Mills asked to sell 2mt sugar from reserves
In an unprecedented move, the government may allow sugar mills to sell two million tons freely in local market.
02 Apr, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Proposal to give surplus power from sugar mills to TNEB
Tamil Nadu was planning to give away the surplus power produced in the sugar mills to the state Electricity Board, says PWD minister Durai ...
24 Nov, 2007, 05.00 PM IST