Why are sugar stocks rallying in a weak marketEthanol is an active ingredient in the production of hand sanitisers and is manufactured by sugar mills in India.
31 Mar, 2020, 07.41 AM IST
Bihar polls: In Darbhanga, the only way out of poverty is a train from the railway junctionMaach (fish), makhana (gorgon nut) and paan (betel leaf) were once synonymous with the erstwhile Darbhanga Raj, now headquarters of Darbhan...
28 Oct, 2015, 11.19 AM IST
Sugar turns bitter for india mills as losses mountSingh, who manages Simbhaoli Sugars biggest plant in the state, said his costs exceed factory-gate sugar prices by 16%.
26 Sep, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
UP sugar industry again threatens a shutdown over cane pricingThe sugar industry has complained that due to lack of a definite cane price linkage formula, the industry is in no position to pay “unreaso...
25 Jun, 2014, 05.09 AM IST
UP sugar industry pays 50 per cent of cane duesThe UP sugar industry, which was on the verge of a shutdown owing to high cane arrears, has paid has paid half of its cane dues in just one...
09 Jan, 2014, 05.00 AM IST
UP sugar mills may falter on huge cane-price arrears next seasonIf sugar price remains at the current level and doesn't correct, the millers in UP won't be able to pay Rs 20-Rs 30 per quintal of cane pur...
04 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
New sugar production set to gather sweet pace across the countryUP sugar mills, which had observed a shutdown against high cane prices fixed by the state government, too have decided to begin operations.
03 Dec, 2013, 03.49 AM IST
Cane prices become a major worry for farmers and millers, politicians leave both infuriatedThe situation has been complicated by the rivalry between the Cong and its coalition partner, the NCP, led by agriculture minister Sharad P...
02 Dec, 2013, 04.00 AM 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
UP government warns mills of action if stir not stoppedUP government refused to reduce the price that mills pay for cane and promised strict legal action if they did not restart production by ne...
29 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
No breakthrough in sugar barons’ meet with UP Chief MinisterUttar Pradesh sugar industrialists did not budge from their position of not running the mills on Wednesday.
28 Nov, 2013, 05.24 AM IST
UP sugar traders in a fix over mill shutdown plansBack to back announcement by the Uttar Pradesh sugar industry that it won't operate this sugar season and the UP government's state advised...
25 Nov, 2013, 04.02 AM IST
UP holds sugar cane prices, but mills unwilling to budgeFor the earlier variety, cane price is kept at Rs 290 per quintal, for general varietyRs 280 per quintal and for rejected variety it isRs 2...
21 Nov, 2013, 07.47 AM IST
Sugar industry asks Uttar Pradesh government for a bailout as losses mountSugar industry in UP has voiced its inability to sustain running their mills in the coming season as losses mount.
23 Sep, 2013, 12.59 PM IST
Muzaffarnagar clashes sour its famed jaggery businessThe flourishing business of jaggery (gurh) in the region is already on the verge of a shutdown as workers have fled after the clashes.
19 Sep, 2013, 05.02 AM IST
- Power shortage lures investors to biomass in Haryana
With state reeling under acute shortage of power the private players are pushing ahead biomass based power generation projects in Haryana.
07 Aug, 2012, 09.35 PM IST
- The bitter truth of Indian sugar
Maharashtra’s sugarcane farming community may demand a package similar to the one to the cotton industry in 2006.
01 Aug, 2007, 03.45 AM IST