UP to press private sugar mills to pay farmers as arrears top Rs 10,000 cr

Rs 1,500 crore likely to be transferred to farmers' bank accounts in couple of days

With Uttar Pradesh sugarcane arrears standing firm at about Rs 10,000 crore in the ongoing crushing season, the Yogi Adityanath government is likely to pressurise private sector mills to clear their respective outstanding.

Against a total of about Rs 32,000 crore payables by both government and private sectors mills in UP, the millers have so far paid a little more than Rs 21,000 crore, pegging the net payments ratio at roughly 65 per cent, even as the crushing season is nearing closure.

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