Sugarcane growers to lobby against inclusion of sugar mill owners in new Karnataka cabinetIn December last year, sugarcane farmers had protested for 23 days, demanding higher prices and alleging that sugar factory owners were che...
11 May, 2023, 05.14 PM IST
UP govt asks sugar mills to clear dues of farmers by October 31, warns actionRana, the minister of sugarcane development and sugarcane mills, while addressing a meeting in Shamli on Friday said dues of the growers sh...
21 Sep, 2019, 11.39 AM IST
Karnataka weighs options to clear sugarcane duesKarnataka government is exploring various avenues to pay arrears to sugarcane growers with help from the Centre, Agriculture Minister Krish...
12 Jun, 2015, 06.45 PM IST
Opposition disrupts Maharashtra assembly on fair and remunerative price to cane growersJayant Patil of NCP said the Opposition will not allow functioning of the House till the govt gives a satisfactory reply on how it would he...
31 Mar, 2015, 02.50 PM IST
Rawat demands Rs 500 cr from Centre for sugarcane growersUttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat, while apprising the government of the problems faced by sugarcane growers, has demanded a special ...
27 Mar, 2015, 01.54 PM IST
Maharashtra issues notices to sugar mills on sugarcane fair and remunerative priceMaharashtra Government has issued notices to 107 sugar factories who have not paid fair and remunerative price (FRP) to cane growers.
13 Jan, 2015, 09.40 PM IST
BJP, JDS members stage walk out from the Karnataka AssemblyThe government has failed to commit itself to pay Rs 2,500 per tonne to sugarcane growers- Jagadish Shettar
15 Dec, 2014, 03.04 PM IST
Sugarcane growers to get incentive of Rs 150 per tonneKarnataka Cabinet decided to provide an incentive of Rs 150 per tonne of sugarcane in addition to the already announced State Advisory Pric...
03 Jan, 2014, 09.54 PM IST
Plight of sugarcane farmers raised in Rajya SabhaRaising the issue during Zero Hour, K C Tyagi said while the government is not bothered about the plight of lakhs of sugarcane growers.
18 Dec, 2013, 05.55 PM IST
Sugarcane growers yet get their dues form ACSILSugarcane growers in Odisha's Ganjam district claim that they are yet to get their dues from ACSIL even one and a half months after sugarca...
19 Jun, 2013, 12.43 PM IST
- Sugarcane acreage down over 5% so far due to drought in Maharashtra
Area under sugarcane has declined by 5.24 per cent to 40.30 lakh hectares so far this year due to drought in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
10 May, 2013, 06.39 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 SAP part of purchase price, to be taxable: SC
In a setback to sugar mill owners, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that the state advised price paid by them formed a part of the purcha...
09 Apr, 2008, 02.35 AM IST
- Karnataka Governor promises package for sugarcane growers
Karnataka government is in the process of implementing a package for sugarcane growers, Governor Rameshwar Thakur said today.
26 Jan, 2008, 02.01 PM IST
- Jaya seeks compensation for sugarcane growers
Jayalalithaa demands that Tamil Nadu government give Rs 30,000 per acre to the growers to compensate their losses.
13 Aug, 2007, 03.00 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
- Package for sugarcane growers on the cards
After coming out with hefty special economic packages for farmers, weavers and geographical regions like Malnad, Bellary, Kodagu and Mandya...
23 Jan, 2004, 03.32 AM IST