UP sugarcane arrears at Rs 3,500 cr, 90% owed by private mills

CM Yogi Adityanath had warned private millers of strict action for failing to settle arrears in full

Uttar Pradesh sugar mills owe farmers more than Rs 3,500 crore in arrears for the current crushing season, which has almost rounded off.
 
About 90 per cent of these arrears, or about Rs 3,200 crore, are owed by the state's private sugar mills, which number 91 of the total 116 functional units in the state.
 
Against total sugarcane payables of Rs 25,381 crore for 2016-17 season, the mills have paid farmers nearly Rs 21,670 crore, thus leaving the remaining amount of about Rs 3,500 still to be settled, according to the latest available data.
 
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