| Farmers upset with cane control order | 19-NOV-09 |
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| The recent omission of Section 5A from the Sugarcane (Control) Order has come under severe criticism from the sugarcane growers in the country. The farmers feel their rights have been curtailed by the amendment. |
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| Govt moves to end cane price politics | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Raising the price at which sugar mills are mandated to purchase sugarcane from farmers, over that fixed by the Centre, could punch a hole in the pockets of states. The Union government has said that anything that the state mandates above the centre-assigned price will have to be paid by the state. |
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| UP to pay 18% more for cane | 24-OCT-09 |
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| The Uttar Pradesh government today declared sugarcane’s State Advised Price (SAP) for the 2009-10 crushing season. Although the price for the common variety is Rs 25 more than that of last year, it is much below the expectation of farmers. |
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| Sugar bowl might turn bitter for Congress-NCP | 07-OCT-09 |
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| Cane growers from the sugar bowl of Maharashtra are happy this time as the statutory minimum price (SMP) for sugarcane has been hiked to Rs 107.76 per quintal for the upcoming crushing season from Rs 81.18 a year ago. The politicians are happier and the happiest are political big-wigs of the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) democratic front as they want to en-cash this “feel-sweet factor” during the state assembly elections scheduled on October 13. However, these sugar barons are also swallowing the bitter pill of intra-party rebellion in this “green-belt” of the state. |
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| Curtain Raiser to SMP World Expo 2010 - Governor S.C. Jamir Graces the Function | 19-SEP-09 |
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| Chemtech Foundation has announced Shipping, Marine & Ports World Expo 2010 in a glittering function well attended by the who’s who of the Shipping, Marine & Ports industry. The function also honoured and felicitated outstanding stalwarts of the maritime industries. H.E. Mr. S.C. Jamir, Honourable Governor of Maharashtra was the Chief Guest. |
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| Government ups price, quota of levy sugar | 04-SEP-09 |
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| Sugar prices, already at record highs, are set to rise further. The food ministry has decided to raise the levy price at which it buys sugar from mills to supply the public distribution system (PDS) by 50 per cent in Maharashtra and 63 per cent in Uttar Pradesh (UP) for the new sugar season starting next month. The two states account for 55 per cent of India’s sugar output. Prices have also been revised for other sugar purchasing states. |
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| Govt wants states to pay SAP differential | 20-AUG-09 |
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| Even as the Union food ministry is working on plans to raise the levy obligation as well as the price of levy sugar for mills, it wants the state governments which declare their own sugarcane price to bear the price differential. It also wants states to roll back sales tax/VAT on imported sugar. |
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| Cane production may rise 10% in Karnataka | 19-AUG-09 |
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| Karnataka is likely to witness a marginal rise of about 10 per cent in sugarcane production for the next sugar season commencing October 2009. This is despite a rise in the statutory minimum price of sugarcane announced by the Centre for the next year. |
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| A double whammy for sugar factories | 14-JUL-09 |
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| It is early in the day to make a plausible forecast of sugar production for the season beginning October 2009. This is because we have to watch how the north-west monsoon behaves in the remaining days of July and August when cane sown in fields will need plenty of water for healthy growth. |
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| Farmers to bring more land under cane on high SMP | 04-JUL-09 |
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| Encouraged by the government’s decision to raise the statutory minimum price (SMP) of sugarcane, farmers are planning to bring back the area diverted last year to other remunerative crops, including oilseeds and cotton, under cane cultivation. |
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| 10% levy system should go: Sugar mills | 28-JUN-09 |
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| The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has sought a total decontrol of the sugar industry. The industry wants the present 10 per cent levy mechanism to be abolished to help sugar mills realise higher returns for their produce. |
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| Farmers to get 33% more for sugarcane in 2009-10 | 26-JUN-09 |
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| The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) today approved a 32.74 per cent increase in the statutory minimum price (SMP) of sugarcane for the 2009-10 sugar season (October-September). The revised price is Rs 107.76 a quintal, Home Minister P Chidamabaram told reporters. Though sowing of the crop to be harvested in 2009-10 season is already complete, the move would benefit the ruling UPA government in the forthcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections, to be held later this year. |
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| Indian immigrants complain of harassment at British airports | 23-JUN-09 |
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| Indian immigrants, with permanent residency rights in the UK, have complained of being harassed and "treated like criminals" by British immigration officers on returning to the country from trips abroad, a forum representing highly skilled workers has claimed. |
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| Sugar SMP likely to be higher at Rs 107/qtl | 21-MAY-09 |
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| The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC) is believed to have suggested sugarcane support price to be fixed at Rs 107 a quintal for 2009-10 season, same as proposed by the food ministry. |
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