Page 21 - Sugar

Sugar industry representatives meet Jaitley, Rajan on their woes

The debt burden of the sugar sector has risen four times from Rs 11,000 crore in March 2008 to more than Rs 40,300 crore in March 2015

Indian sugar exports slow to Myanmar, smuggling gateway to China

Flows of Indian white sugar to Myanmar, a gateway for smuggling into China, are slowing down, while Brazilian sugar becomes more competitive

Haryana produces over 15.66 lakh quintals sugar: Official

Cooperative Sugar Mill Shahabad has so far crushed a maximum of 31.31 lakh quintals of sugarcane

Sugar output up 4% this season despite lower cane availability

Mills intensify closure on non-availability of cane; output for full sugar year ending Sept 2016 likely to be lower than last year

Sugar: Tide turning in favour

Lower sugar production and higher exports lead to better domestic realisations, helping companies turn profitable

Interest-free loans to sugar mills will do more harm than good

The much-pampered sugar sector has been given a Rs 6,000 crore interest free loan. In a press conference road and transport minister Nitin Gadkari said that banks will provide Rs 6,000 crore as interest free loan for one year with the government bearing the burden of interest on the loan.