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Fifteen sugar mills face action for non-payment of dues to farmers

April 10, 2025 11:23 pm

With cane crushing almost over this season, the sugar commissioner’s office is now ensuring dues are cleared as soon as possible.

Amit Shah was speaking at an event organised by the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories. (File Photo)

Cooperation Minister Amit Shah urges sugar mills to diversify ethanol feedstock

August 10, 2024 11:46 pm

Shah emphasised the need for sugar mills to adopt a forward-looking approach, stating, "You need to be futuristic and look at opportunities and expand."

How surplus milk powder is dairy industry’s new problem

July 05, 2024 10:06 am

As stocks pile up ahead of the “flush” season and Maharashtra elections, dairies are seeking solutions from subsidy on exports to a government-financed buffer.

From paucity to excess, why sugar mills in India now face a financial crisis due to better yields

February 01, 2024 7:58 am

Cap in ethanol production and drop in sugar prices now pose a new threat for sugar millers despite better sugarcane yields.

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Dhuri sugar mill crisis: To protest slow sugarcane procurement, farmers plan rail roko from December 27

December 26, 2023 8:26 am

Farmer unions like Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta (Azad), BKU (Dakaunda), Kirti Kisan Union and others will join hands in the protest led by Ganna Sangharsh Committee (Punjab).

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SSS president Raju Shetti to undertake padayatra from Oct 17 to Nov 7 in Western Maharashtra

October 08, 2023 9:03 pm

Raju Shetti revealed that sugar mills owe Rs 400 per tonne additional payment to cane farmers above FRP

Indian sugar mills export entire quota of 6.1 million tonnes

May 31, 2023 2:47 pm

The country exported a record 11 million tonnes of sugar in the previous 2021-2022 season, but New Delhi allowed exports of only 6.1 million tonnes in the current year due to an expected drop in production.

Maharashtra sugar industry faces crisis from more mills: 'Where will cane for all our factories come from?'

May 11, 2023 3:20 am

The extent of cane “poaching” is likely to be the most in western Maharashtra districts such as Sangli, Satara, Solapur and Pune.

Highest number of sugar mills, record crushing capacity mark cane season in Maharashtra

May 05, 2023 12:48 am

However, the mills produced 105.31 lakh tonnes of sugar, as against the projected 137 lakh tonnes—a drop attributed to vagaries of nature.

ISMA cuts sugar output estimates to 328 lakh tonnes for 2022-23 marketing year

April 26, 2023 12:19 pm

The downward revision has been made due to a fall in sugar output in Maharashtra to 105 lakh tonnes in the 2022-23 marketing year (October-September), from an earlier projection of 121 lakh tonnes.