UP sugar mills to start crushing from Oct 27 amid Rs 78-bn cane arrears

The state's mills had been asked to settle their arrears by November

Sugarcane crushing in the country's top producing state, Uttar Pradesh, is slated to begin from Saturday, October 27, in the shadow of farmers' outstanding of Rs 78 billion for the previous 2017-18 season.    

The Modi Group's sugar mill in Meerut has issued the indent to farmers for the supply of cane and it is slated to start crushing from Saturday, making it the first mill in UP to start operations in the current season. 

UP Cane Commissioner Sanjay Bhoosreddy told Business Standard that by the end of this month, about 30 mills in the western and central regions of the