UP sugar mills clear 75% dues for this season

This season, UP is likely to contribute almost 40% to sugar output, much higher than Maharashtra

Uttar Pradesh sugar mills have paid over Rs 10,000 crore to farmers against sugarcane procurement under the current 2016-17 crushing season.

The payments have been made against total payables of about Rs 13,100 crore for 2016-17, which pegs the payment ratio at over 75 per cent.

Meanwhile, UP sugar mills have collectively paid Rs 17,635 crore against total dues of a little over Rs 18,000 crore for the previous 2015-16 season. The balance of about Rs 368 crore is pending on 13 private sugar mills.

According to UP cane commissioner Vipin Kumar Dwivedi, the government had directed mills to settle