Govt in no mood to compromise with sugar mills over farmers' dues: Paswan

The food minister said from doubling import duty to fixing a quota on the extent of sugar the mills can sell in open market, govt has tried it all

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan told cane-growing states that the Centre was in no mood to compromise with sugar mills over farmers’ dues, which stood at over Rs 160 billion as on March 31. 

He instructed states to take necessary action against sugar mills that have defaulted on their payment to farmers. 

Since December last year, the Centre has announced a series of measures to stop sugar prices from dropping sharply under the weight of a bumper harvest. So far, the measures have not seen much success. 

“We have given all sort of help to the sugar mills and are willing to do