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Belying expectations of a token hike in the sale price (set by the state) of sugarcane in an election year, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided to keep the rate unchanged for this 2018-19 season (which officially began October 1 and runs till end-September 2019).
The ‘State Advised Price’ (SAP) for the common variety of cane in UP, the country’s top sugar producer, stays Rs 315 a quintal (qtl). Farmer groups in UP had demanded Rs 400 a qtl, pointing to rises in input costs, such as of diesel, labourers’ wages, fertiliser and so on.
However, private sugar mills (94
