Page 5 - Sugarcane

Centre hikes sugarcane FRP by Rs 15 per quintal for 2022-23 season

Following the Cabinet decision, the FRP of Rs 305 per quintal is linked to a basic recovery rate of 10.25 per cent

Rs 15/quintal hike in sugarcane FRP to Rs 305 per quintal for FY23 season

The decision will benefit around 50 mn sugarcane farmers and their dependents, as well as about 500,000 workers employed in sugar mills and related ancillary activities

Sugar output may fall; still there'll be 8 mt surplus for exports: ISMA

ISMA estimates that the diversion of cane juice and B-molasses to ethanol shall cut sugar production by about 4.5 mt during the next marketing year.

India's sugar output in 2022-23 may dip slightly to 35.5 mn tonnes: ISMA

As per ISMA, sugar production in 2022-23 is estimated at 355 lakh tons as against 360 lakh tons in current marketing year ending September due to diversion of sugarcane towards ethanol manufacturing

Pay Rs 22 cr dues to cane growers by selling mill property: Punjab min

Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal directed officials to sell the property of a sugar mill to make pending payments to the cane growers

Uttar Pradesh govt's new sugarcane order faces flak from banks

Data sourced from various agencies show that as on February 16, 2022, in UP around Rs 5,356 crore of sugarcane dues are still to be paid to the farmers for cane purchased from them.

Uttar Pradesh govt's new sugarcane order faces flak from banks

Data sourced from various agencies show that as on February 16, 2022, in UP around Rs 5,356 crore of sugarcane dues are still to be paid to the farmers for cane purchased from them.

Sugar output up 6% till Feb 15 in 2021-22 marketing year, says ISMA

India's sugar production hiked by 6% from Oct 1 to Feb 15 in 2021-22 marketing year at 220.91 lakh tonnes on higher sugarcane production while exports jumped till Jan at 31.5 lakh tonnes, says ISMA.

UP to impound Bajaj Hindusthan's Rs 1,000 crore to pay sugarcane farmers

Bajaj Hindusthan's power utility dues to be diverted to farmers

No one raises issue of hiking MSP for sugarcane out of fear: Varun Gandhi

He said his party colleagues do not raise such issues as they fear that they will not be given poll tickets

Farm laws done with, sugarcane remains a burning issue with west UP farmers

Sugarcane has a bearing on 100-odd assembly seats in western UP; any let-up in this space could have a serious impact on any political party's chances of forming the government in Lucknow

UP hikes cane SAP by Rs 25 a quintal ahead of polls; farmers say inadequate

Hike which is among the highest under BJP govt in UP, yet may not assuage protesting farmers, many of whom come from the sugarcane growing western part of the state

Uttar Pradesh hikes sugarcane purchase price by Rs 25 per quintal

In a major decision barely months ahead of the upcoming 2022 Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced a Rs 25 per quintal hike in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state.

CACP suggestions on sugar economy ring louder: How does it work?

Gujarat only state to go ahead with staggered payments; issue of area reservation resisted by most states

Haryana govt increases sugarcane rate by Rs 12 per quintal for 2021-22

The Haryana government on Thursday decided to increase the sugarcane price by Rs 12 per quintal to Rs 362 per quintal, higher than neighbouring Punjab's Rs 360, for the 2021-22 crushing season.

Cost-benefit of deferred cane outgo and end to area reservation

While Gujarat is the only state to have gone ahead with staggered payments, the issue of area reservation has been resisted by most states, Maharashtra being an exception

India's sugar production may decline to 30.5 million tonne next season

It is likely to decline as more sugarcane will be diverted for ethanol making, a senior government official said on Monday.

Centre hikes sugarcane FRP to Rs 290/quintal; rules out raising sugar price

The FRP of Rs 290 per quintal at a recovery rate of 10 per cent is higher by 87 per cent over production cost

Many stranded in Jammu as 4 trains cancelled due to Punjab farmers' protest

Scores of farmers on Friday launched an indefinite agitation in Jalandhar and blocked train movement on the Ludhiana-Amritsar and the Ludhiana-Jammu railway routes

ISMA urges PMO to immediately increase minimum sale price of Sugar

Indian Sugar Mills Association says won't impact consumer price as ex-mill sugar price is already higher