Tripura police arrest five drug traffickers carrying brown sugar, in Agartala

Tripura police arrest five drug traffickers carrying brown sugar, in Agartala

Interrogation of the drug peddlers revealed vital information regarding additional accomplices involved in the trade.  | Photo Credit: PTI In a major effort to combat drug trafficking in Tripura, the police in Agartala have apprehended five drug traffickers along with the quantity of brown sugar. The operation was conducted based on specific intelligence inputs regarding … Read more

Congress will revive sugar factories in Telangana: Rahul Gandhi in Jagityal

Congress will revive sugar factories in Telangana: Rahul Gandhi in Jagityal

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi tries his hand at making dosas at a roadside food cart during his tour of Karimnagar and Nizamabad districts on October 20, 2023 Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said all sugar factories in Telangana would be revived once Congress assumes power in the State and also promised to enhance the MSP for … Read more

Karnataka pegs 42 pc decline in sugar output at 34.51 lakh tonne for 2023-24 season

Karnataka pegs 42 pc decline in sugar output at 34.51 lakh tonne for 2023-24 season

New Delhi: Sugar production in Karnataka, the country’s third largest producer, is estimated to fall by 42.30 per cent to 34.51 lakh tonne in the 2023-24 sugar season that started this month, due to lower cane output and less sugar recovery. Sugar production in the state stood at 59.81 lakh tonne in the just completed … Read more

Ahead of festive season, Nepal to import 20,000 MT sugar from India

Ahead of festive season, Nepal to import 20,000 MT sugar from India

Nepal imports at least 70% sugar from India. File image for representation. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Ahead of the festive season, Nepal is set to import 20,000 metric tonnes (MT) of sugar from India, which meets at least 70% of the Himalayan country’s domestic annual demand of approximately 3,00,000 MT. In view of the upcoming festivals, … Read more

Next few months should be good for sugar stocks: Sandip Sabharwal

Next few months should be good for sugar stocks: Sandip Sabharwal

“So, next few months should be good for sugar stocks. The key we will need to watch out subsequent to this and the start of the next sugar season is given that there are elections next year,” says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com.You have been tracking the prospects of sugar pretty closely. Just wanted to understand what … Read more

Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woes

Kitchen staples pinch on weather, disease woes

Pune: Prices of essential kitchen staples are on the rise as erratic weather, incidence of disease in cattle, and crop damages caused by unseasonal rainfall have impacted production, insiders said. Prices of sugar, milk, jeera and dhaniya have all increased in the last week while prices of pulses like tur, urad and chana remained firm … Read more

Bombay HC takes cognisance of article in The Hindu on exploitation of Maharashtra’s migrant workers in sugar belt

Bombay HC takes cognisance of article in The Hindu on exploitation of Maharashtra’s migrant workers in sugar belt

About 12 lakh to 15 lakh people migrate within Maharashtra, from dry Marathwada to western Maharashtra’s Sangli, Kolhapur, Pune, Satara, Solapur, and Ahmednagar — also known as the sugar belt. | Photo Credit: EMMANUAL YOGINI The Bombay High Court took suo motu cognisance of an article by The Hindu on the financial and sexual exploitation … Read more

Sugar to become expensive during summer season as production set to fall by 10%

Sugar to become expensive during summer season as production set to fall by 10%

India’s year-on-year sugar production is expected to fall by 10% in 2022-23, which is expected to make sugar more expensive during the summer season when demand for cold drinks and ice creams increases substantially. Industry body National Federation of Co-operative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) has pegged India’s 2022-23 sugar production at 325 lakh tonnes against 359.25 … Read more