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Sugar production up by 2% between October-February: Indian Sugar Mills AssociationSugar production of Maharashtra now trails behind sugar production of last year's corresponding period as 71 sugar mills have stopped crush...
02 Mar, 2016, 03.21 PM IST
2015-16 to be sixth consecutive year of excess sugar production for IndiaISMA is anticipating a better yield in 2015-16 SS, which may increase the sugarcane production and availability for crushing by sugar mills.
24 Jul, 2015, 05.18 PM IST
Sugar production likely to rise by 8% to 26.5 million tonnes: Ram Vilas PaswanThe government's production estimate is higher than Indian Sugar Mills Association's (ISMA) projection of 26 million tonnes in 2014-15 mark...
10 Mar, 2015, 05.57 PM IST
4.11 lakh tonnes of sugar exported during October-December 2014"At present, export of sugar is free without quantitative restrictions, subject to prior registration of quantity with the DGFT," Danve sai...
03 Mar, 2015, 06.16 PM IST
Food Ministry for extending sugar export subsidy for 1.4 million tonnesThe Food Ministry is in favour of extending export subsidy for only 1.4 million tonnes of raw sugar in the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year.
28 Jan, 2015, 08.23 PM IST
India's October 1-Dec 31 sugar output up 27% y/ySugar prices are continuously falling due to higher production and mills are not able to pay stipulated cane price to farmers.
05 Jan, 2015, 02.48 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
Government support critical for viability of sugar mills: ICRAICRA expects the domestic sugar production to increase by 3.3-3.7% year-on-year (YoY) to around 25 million tonnes in 2014-15 marketing year.
16 Dec, 2014, 08.24 PM IST
Narendra Modi government examining extension of export subsidy on sugar"The export assistance scheme was for the two sugar seasons. Scheme was to be reviewed after the end of 2013-14 sugar year. The review proc...
10 Dec, 2014, 05.45 PM IST
Sugar output up 56% at 17.81 lakh tonnes in October-November: ISMAISMA also added that due to surplus availability of sugar, with stocks held by the mills, the domestic ex-mill prices have fallen.
04 Dec, 2014, 07.12 PM IST
Sugar output may rise 5% to 25.5 million tonne in 2014-15This would be the 5th consecutive year when the country's sugar production is set to exceed annual domestic consumption of about 23-24 mill...
17 Sep, 2014, 02.58 PM IST
Sugar output likely to rise 4 per cent in 2014-15 season: Indian Sugar Mills AssociationDespite a deficient monsoon, sugar production in the country is expected to go up by 4 per cent in the 2014-15 season.
11 Jul, 2014, 04.09 PM IST
Sugar production still lags behind past season, sales escalateTill 15th March 2014, the country has produced 193.8 lakh tonne of sugar, 8% lower than the sugar production during same time last sugar se...
19 Mar, 2014, 01.22 AM IST
ISMA expects 5 per cent decline in sugar productionAbout 428 sugar mills are still crushing sugarcane as on March 15, 2014, against 362 mills during same corresponding period last year.
18 Mar, 2014, 02.54 PM IST
Sugar production at 85.5 lakh tonnes till January 15Sugar production in India has gathered pace, making up for the delay in starting of the crushing season.
16 Jan, 2014, 02.37 PM IST
India may see fifth year of excess sugarcane output due to heavy rainfallIndia may see a fifth consecutive year of excess sugarcane production in 2014-15.
09 Aug, 2013, 12.56 PM IST