Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a veiled remark against the MVA government claiming bank guarantees were not being issued to some sugar mills that have links to leaders of opposition parties.
Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said cane arrears in Uttar Pradesh have reduced to Rs 3,895 crore from Rs 10,661 crore in 2017. Goyal, who is the Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Textiles, virtually inaugurated 50th Convocation Ceremony of National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, according to an official statement. In his inaugural address, Goyal stressed the need to increase productivity and production of sugarcane to boost farmers' income. Goyal said the sugar industry will help increase income of lakhs of farmers in India by raising productivity. It should be the resolve of the institute and its students to increase the productivity and value addition in 50 lakh hectares of land under sugarcane farmers, the minister said. He said the institute and its students have the ability to change lives as well as livelihoods of lakhs of farmers. Goyal highlighted that the country's sugar exports rose 20 per cent to .
Former Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday asked sugar mills to diversify into other products like ethanol and CNG to deal with surplus production of sweetener
Union Home Minister and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a meeting over issues related to sugar mills in Maharashtra.
In light of surged global sugar prices, the export prospects look promising for the upcoming sugar season even if export policy isn't announced: Report
The Centre has decided to grant mills the entire quantity of sugar diverted in their monthly release quote
The government on Friday said it will allocate a quantity of sugar that is sacrificed for ethanol production for monthly domestic sale along with the regular quota from this month onwards
While Gujarat is the only state to have gone ahead with staggered payments, the issue of area reservation has been resisted by most states, Maharashtra being an exception
The Centre on Thursday announced an incentive for sugar mills in the form of an additional domestic sales quota to those that export sugar and divert the commodity towards ethanol making
New Delhi is expected to withdraw sugar export subsidies from the new season as a sharp rise in prices makes it easier for Indian mills to sell on the world market, a govt official said
Strong demand for raw sugar as Brazil's output drops; traders so far sign contracts to export 725,000 tonnes of sugar
The sugar marketing year runs from October to September.
The National Green Tribunal has directed the UP pollution control board (UPPCB) to undertake a special drive for remedial measures.
Data shows that in the 10-year period from 2010-11 to 2020-21, India's annual sugar production exceeded domestic consumption in all the years, except 2016-17
This comes amid high exports for the second consecutive season and increased supplies of ethanol for blending with petrol: report
Balrampur Chini Mills on Tuesday reported a 2.46 per cent decline in consolidated profit during the quarter ending March 31, at Rs 235.50 crore compared to the same period of the last financial year
Mills have so far contracted around 5.8 million tonnes of sugar out of the export allocation of 6 million tonnes
The combined market capitalisation (m-cap) of the country's top 15 sugar manufacturers was down 2.8 per cent on average on Friday
India has contracted to export 56 lakh tonne sugar so far in the ongoing 2020-21 marketing season, and is expected to conclude deals for shipment of the rest 4,00,000 tonne soon, says trade body AISTA
A few mills closed operations ahead of normal schedule, a trade body said on Wednesday