Yogi Adityanath warns defaulting sugar mills of auction proceedings

Uttar Pradesh sugar mills, mostly private, owe Rs 3,600 crore in sugarcane farmers' arrears

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Adityanath on Thursday said that his government will ensure payment of sugarcane dues even if the state has to auction off defaulter mills. 

Adityanath took a tough stance on the issue of arrears while addressing a public meeting after inaugurating the state-run sugar unit at Munderwa in Basti district. He said the state government, over the past two and half years, had facilitated cane payments of Rs 76,000 crore.

Currently, the UP mills, mostly belonging to the private sector, owe about Rs 3,600 crore in farmers’ payments for the previous 2018-19 crushing season even as the