February 26, 2014, Wednesday

UP cane arrears rise to Rs 6,178 cr

Millers blame inactive interest subvention scheme

January 05, 2014, Sunday

Govt notifies norms for sugar mills to get interest-free loans

The interest burden on the loans is estimated at Rs 2,750 cr over the next five years

December 18, 2013, Wednesday

Cabinet to consider some sugar incentives this week: Pawar

The cabinet will consider extending some incentives as early as this week to sugar mills, which are battling with high dues to ...

December 16, 2013, Monday

UP sugarcane crushing gains pace

110 mills operational

December 07, 2013, Saturday

Rs 7.2k-cr free loans for sugar mills

A part of the interest on the loans will be borne by the Centre and the rest by the Sugar Development Fund

December 07, 2013, Saturday

UP crushing at full steam after Tuesday

Of the 123 odd sugar mills in UP, about 45 have already started crushing operations

December 06, 2013, Friday

GoM on sugar meets today

A newly constituted informal group of ministers (iGoM) is meeting today to discuss a bailout package for cash-starved sugar mills ...

December 05, 2013, Thursday

Uttarakhand sets cane price at Rs 285/quintal

Union Water Resources Minister on Tuesday asked the govt to announce cane price, start crushing season before Dec 5

December 02, 2013, Monday

UP sugar crisis ends as millers agree to pay cane price in 2 tranches

The mills agreed to pay farmers Rs 260 a quintal for sugarcane upfront, that is, within 14 days of delivery

December 01, 2013, Sunday

UP sugar crisis ends as millers agree to pay cane price in 2 tranches

UP Sugar Mills Association has given it in writing that they would start crushing sugarcane from now onwards

November 30, 2013, Saturday

Sugar output likely to fall by 10-15%

However, it might not any impact on prices or supplies as opening stock of sugar is much more than required at around 9 mn tonnes

November 30, 2013, Saturday

New way to arrive at revenue from sugar, by-products needed: C Rangarajan

Interview with Chairman, PMEAC

November 29, 2013, Friday

UP hardens stand; impasse continues

State has fixed new deadlines - of Decr 4 and 7 for the western and eastern part of the state, respectively - for sugar millers ...

November 28, 2013, Thursday

ISMA insists prices should be viable for sugar mills to start

Apex sugar industry body ISMA today called the tax sops offered by the Uttar Pradesh government insufficient and said mills won't ...

November 28, 2013, Thursday

Food min assures sugar mills of government support

As the crisis in India's sugar mainly in UP and Maharashtra, showed little signs of abating, food minister K.V. Thomas today ...

November 27, 2013, Wednesday

UP sugar talks break down, FIRs lodged against millers

The government has started taking action against mills in western UP for breaching the Monday deadline to start operations

November 26, 2013, Tuesday

UP millers, govt meet today to end cane pricing impasse

Akhilesh Yadav to meet mills' owners

November 23, 2013, Saturday

To end crisis, sugar farmers, millers to meet PM on Tuesday

No agreement on cane price at meeting convened by Maharashtra CM

November 22, 2013, Friday

Sugarcane price: Pressure builds on Uttarakhand to follow UP's lead

Experts say state would leave price unchanged this year, at Rs 285-295 a quintal

November 21, 2013, Thursday

In sticky situation, Akhilesh Yadav invites private millers for talks

Claiming to be posting losses due to higher cane price vis-à-vis realisation, millers had sought subsidy over any cane price ...