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Tamil Nadu seeks Centre's help to source sugar from UP

India imported 0.5 mt of raw sugar in 2016-17 under Open General Licence to meet regional deficits

Tamil Nadu seeks Centre’s help to source sugar from UP
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Dilip Kumar Jha Mumbai
Tamil Nadu sugar mills want 600,000 tonnes from mills in Uttar Pradesh for supply in the coming season but want central government help on the transport cost.
 
Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma) has supported their plea, arguing this should be done in view of Tamil Nadu’s bad drought. 
 
A meeting took place this week between the two states’ mill bodies, on Tamil Nadu’s plea for supply of raw sugar in season 2017-18 (starting October 1). Sugar output in Tamil Nadu has been declining for some years. With the deficient rain this season for the fourth year in a

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