UP Sugarcane Arrears

The 121 operating mills in UP, with a combined cane crushing capacity of 0.84 million tonnes (mt) crushed per day (TCD), have so far crushed 98 mt of the cash crop, producing 10.33 mt of sugar

Sugarcane has a bearing on 100-odd assembly seats in western UP; any let-up in this space could have a serious impact on any political party's chances of forming the government in Lucknow

Tikait said over the years, prices of petrol and diesel, LPG cylinders, school education and fertilizers have gone up but the price of sugarcane has remained as it is

Cost-price mismatch is only part of the story; lack of working capital for mills and delay in release of subsidy add to the strain in the entire system

Of total dues of Rs 19,250 crore, mills have paid Rs 11,100 crore

Bulk of cane outstanding on Bajaj Hindusthan, Modi, Simbhaoli groups

This was the second successive year that the Adityanath government did not hike cane price

Yogi govt has announced it will invoke the NSA against the sugarcane mafia

Unsettled arrears pile up despite end of crushing operations for the season this year

CM Yogi Adityanath had warned private millers of strict action for failing to settle arrears in full