Sugar production till Dec 15 trails by 17%, says ISMAIndia's sugar production for the 2024-25 season is down 17% compared to last year, reaching 61.39 lakh tonnes by December. Increased sugar ...
17 Dec, 2024, 06.31 PM IST
Maharashtra political parties, sugar mills tussle over labour migration ahead of pollsPolitical parties in Maharashtra are urging a delay in sugarcane crushing to allow laborers to vote in the November elections. However, sug...
07 Nov, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
Competition among sugar mills for cane to get fierce as drought shrinks crop in Maharashtra, KarnatakaSugar mills in Maharashtra and Karnataka are preparing for a battle to secure as much sugarcane as possible. Karnataka has set an official ...
04 Oct, 2023, 11.30 AM IST
Maharashtra bans interstate sale of sugarcane as drought cuts productionThe Maharashtra government has imposed restrictions on sugarcane farmers, preventing them from selling their produce outside the state. Thi...
19 Sep, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
Millers seek raw sugar imports to make up for likely cane shortageThere are concerns about production of sugarcane in Maharashtra and Karnataka, which is likely to affect availability of sugar for consumpt...
08 Sep, 2023, 01.06 AM IST
Extended monsoon may delay Maharashtra's 2022-23 sugarcane crushing seasonThe state is staring at yet another year of record production, delay in crushing operations can become an administrative challenge with pol...
14 Oct, 2022, 12.22 AM IST
Over 17 lakh tonnes of sugarcane still lying in farms across Maharashtra despite end of crushing seasonOut of the 10 districts in Maharashtra that have topped the list of excess sugarcane stock this year, seven are from the Marathwada region,...
20 May, 2022, 11.47 AM IST
Maharashtra govt expects 5.6% increase in sugar production in 2021-22"The area planted under sugar cane for the 2021-22 sugar season has increased to 12.32 lakh hectare, while the per hectare production of su...
13 Sep, 2021, 07.24 PM IST
Govt's ethanol push prompts sugar mills to raise production"The mills this year have decided to produce certain quantity of ethanol to be sold in the domestic market. It means that there will not be...
28 Nov, 2020, 02.42 PM IST
Sugar output in Maharashtra falls to lowest in a decadeAbout 150 sugar mills crushed 372 lakh tonnes of sugarcane during the year, less than half the 743 lakh tonnes crushed in the previous year.
11 Apr, 2017, 05.27 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
Sugar mills high on production, ISMA eyeing govt incentivesAfter a sluggish start, sugarcane crushing has picked up pace by the end of December, 2013.
02 Jan, 2014, 02.08 PM IST
After an year of getting decontrolled, sugar output falls 2.5%Karnataka crushed 33.3 million tonne of sugarcane to produce 3.4 million tonne of sugar, with 60 mills under crushing operations for the se...
22 Oct, 2013, 06.23 AM IST
Decontrolled sugar sector produced 25.1 million tonne sugar this yearMaharashtra produced 7.9 million tonne of sugar after crushing 70.1 million tonne of sugarcane with a total of 172 mills.
21 Oct, 2013, 04.58 PM IST
- Uttarakhand sugarmills produce 32.32 lakh quintals of sugar
The sugar mills of Uttarakhand have produced 32.32 lakh quintals of sugar during the crushing season of 2011-12 and Rs 580.40 crore has alr...
04 Apr, 2012, 03.33 PM IST
- Sugar mills in Maharashtra to start crushing in 3-4 weeks
It is estimated that around 844-lakh tonnes of cane would be ready for crushing to produce 98-lakh tonnes sugar this season in Maharashtra.
07 Oct, 2007, 05.30 PM IST
- State sets Rs 850 base price for cane
The government of Maharashtra has fixed a minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 850 per metric tonne for sugarcane in the state.
03 Aug, 2006, 01.13 AM IST