 "From the 2018-19 sugarcane season starting October, the Centre not only increased the base recovery rate from 9.5 to 10 per cent, but also raised the premium extra yield in sugar from Rs 2.68 per quintal to Rs 2.75 a quintal")
The Centre has announced an increase of Rs 20 per quintal in the sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for the 2018-19 season. However, activists and farm leaders said that the actual realisation for the average farmer would be much less than is being suggested, as the hike has been linked to a higher recovery rate.
The hike will, of course, benefit farmers in states that follow the FRP as benchmark for payment. For others such as UP, which have their own advised prices (SAP), generally higher than FRP, the decision does not have much of an impact.
For the 2017-18 sugar
