Sugar Crisis
Nestle launches Cerelac variants with no refined sugar in Indian market
The company confirmed that seven of the 14 sugar-free versions will be available in Indian stores by the end of November, with the remaining seven set to be introduced in the following weeks
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Sugar output down 24% at 141 lakh tonne during Oct-Jan of 2019-20 market yr
ISMA has pegged the country's sugar production at 260 lakh tonne for 2019-20
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Sweetener for sugar exports: Forecast of global shortage offers fresh hope
This is because the Indian industry contending with brimming inventories has been given a mandate by the government to sell 6 mt in the world market
Flood-induced crushing delays lead to 65% drop in sugar production
Sugar mills contract for 1.4 million tonnes of exports in 2019-20 season
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Sugar crisis: CM Yogi refers to global price crash, export squeeze
Slams previous UP governments for selling government operated sugar mills
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Centre may levy cess on sugar, lower GST on ethanol to help clear dues
As a high-powered panel of minister lead by Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari dwells on ways to deal with the mounting crisis in the country's sugar sector, farmers are faced with a peculiar problem.Farmers alleged that despite having almost 20 per cent of sugarcane standing in their fields few mills western parts of Uttar Pradesh have simply stopped issues indents (parchi) or slowed them down considerably forcing them to sell the crop to local jaggery makers at much lower rates. Indents or 'parchi' is a sort of written assurance that sugar mills give to farmers to within their pre-demarcated areas to purchase the sugarcane from them at rate fixed by the state government. For 2018-19 sugarcane marketing season, the state advised price of sugarcane determined by Uttar Pradesh government is Rs 315 per quintal for normal varieties and Rs 325 per quintal for early sown varieties, while local jaggery makers have been purchasing sugarcane at around Rs 150-200 per quintal. But, the jaggery ...
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A sugar-coated crisis: Cane dues to farmers touch all-time high
Overproduction of sugarcane and crashing retail prices is causing cane dues to farmers touch all-time highs
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