Sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) hike: How does it affect MSP & farmers?

Sugarcane Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) hike: How does it affect MSP & farmers?

The story so far: As farmers protest on Delhi borders, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday approved ₹340/quintal as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for sugar season 2024-25 at 10.25% sugar recovery rate. Affirming its ‘guarantee’ to double farmers’ income, the Centre pointed out that the new FRP was 8% … 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

India mulls imposing 25% duty on molasses exports

India mulls imposing 25% duty on molasses exports

New Delhi: The government is considering imposing a 25% duty on exports of molasses – a by-product of sugarcane and key ingredient for ethanol productions – as it expects a decline in sugar production in the upcoming season, senior officials said. The curbs on exports are expected to boost the availability of molasses for domestic … Read more

Competition among sugar mills for cane to get fierce as drought shrinks crop in Maharashtra, Karnataka

Competition among sugar mills for cane to get fierce as drought shrinks crop in Maharashtra, Karnataka

Pune: Sugar mills of Maharashtra and Karnataka, which together account for more than half of the country’s production of the sweetener, are gearing up for a fierce battle among themselves to get every stalk of sugarcane possible. For the first time ever, Karnataka has fixed an official date to begin sugar production and take legal … Read more

NFCSF revises down sugar output estimate to 32.7 million tons for 2022-23

NFCSF revises down sugar output estimate to 32.7 million tons for 2022-23

The National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Federation (NFCSF) on Wednesday revised sugar production estimate lower to 32.7 million tonnes in the ongoing 2022-23 marketing year ending September from its earlier estimate of 35.5 million tonnes. The revised sugar production estimate is, however, down by 8.88 per cent from the actual production of 35.92 million tonnes … Read more

Budget 2023 | By waiving off tax on FRP, Modi govt. has given massive boost for Maharashtra’s sugarcane industry, says Fadnavis

Budget 2023 | By waiving off tax on FRP, Modi govt. has given massive boost for Maharashtra’s sugarcane industry, says Fadnavis

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis watches the live telecast of Union Budget 2023-24 presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 01, 2023. Photo: Twitter/@Dev_Fadnavis Stating that the Budget presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would give a massive boost for Maharashtra’s sugarcane industry, Deputy Chief Minister and State Finance Minister Devendra Fadnavis … Read more

Maharashtra sugar output set to decline 6-7%

Maharashtra sugar output set to decline 6-7%

Sugar production of Maharashtra, the top sugar producing state of the country, is set to decline by about 6-7% in the ongoing 2022-23 sugar season, which may dim chances of more sugar exports from India. Lower yield of sugarcane per acre due to erratic monsoon and more diversion of sugar for ethanol production cut sugar … Read more

Haryana sugarcane farmers to hold State-wide protests seeking hike in support price

Haryana sugarcane farmers to hold State-wide protests seeking hike in support price

Representational file image. | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani Sugarcane farmers in Haryana have decided to kick-off a State-wide agitation outside the residences of ruling coalition legislators and sugar mills to seek a hike in the crop’s support price. The decision was taken at a meeting of representatives of Ganna Kisan Sangharsh Samiti and Bharatiya Kisan … Read more

IIT Guwahati develops new method to produce sugar substitute ‘Xylitol’ from sugarcane waste – ET HealthWorld

IIT Guwahati develops new method to produce sugar substitute ‘Xylitol’ from sugarcane waste – ET HealthWorld

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati have developed an ultrasound-assisted fermentation method to produce a safe sugar substitute called “Xylitol” from bagasse, the residue left after crushing of sugarcane. According to officials, the new method overcomes operational limitations of chemical methods of synthesis and time delays associated with conventional fermentation. The research … Read more

Paddy planting marginally down at 349.24 lac hectare so far: Government data

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Area sown to paddy is down marginally at 349.24 lakh hectare so far in the kharif season of 2021-22 crop year (July-June) from the year-ago period, according the Agriculture Ministry data released on Friday. Farmers had planted paddy in 351.52 lakh hectare in the same season previous crop year. Sowing of kharif picks up with … Read more