Paswan said sugar production was high in 2017-18 and 2018-19 marketing years which led to a sharp decline in the domestic ex-mill prices of...

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Mills in Uttar Pradesh owe the maximum amount at Rs 11,082 crore, followed by Karnataka (Rs 1,704 crore) and Maharashtra (Rs 1,338 crore).

The MSP is the rate below which the mills cannot sell sugar in the open market to wholesalers and bulk consumers like beverage and biscuit ...

Sugarcane arrears had reached a peak of Rs 23,232 crore in May.

As per the government data, cane arrears soared to Rs 22,654 crore as on June 1, which has come down to Rs 19,816 crore till June 25th.

UP owes Rs 8,869 crore of the total outstanding arrears of around Rs 19,246 crore, said officials, who did not wish to be identified.

Sugar mills in Tamil Nadu have produced only 1.70 lakh tonnes of sugar till 31 December 2017 compared to the 1.86 lakh tonnes produced last...

In last one year, the government has taken several measures to improve liquidity position of sugar mills enabling them to clear cane prices...

In June, the government had announced interest-free loan of Rs 6,000 crore to sugar mills to help them clear part of their dues to farmers.

Karnataka government is exploring various avenues to pay arrears to sugarcane growers with help from the Centre, Agriculture Minister Krish...

Sugar mills are unable to clear the cane arrears to farmers as the ex-factory prices of the sweetener is ruling below the production cost.

Cane arrears in Karnataka stood at Rs 2,154.97 crore as on February 28 of 2014-15 marketing year (October-September).

According to the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), sugarcane arrears have crossed Rs 12,000 crore so far in the 2014-15 marketing year...

Ram Vilas Paswan is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi tomorrow to discuss about food prices and sugarcane arrears, among other...

The sugar industry owes Rs 2,591 crore in arrears to sugarcane farmers till May 15 of the current 2010-11 season Sep-Oct: Thomas

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh sugarcane commissioner to initiate recovery proceedings against all s...