Farmers’ body, Opposition seek immediate rollback of sugar export ban
The All India Kisan Sabha and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) criticized India’s sudden sugar export ban, calling it harmful to Maharashtra’s sugar industry. Leaders warned that rising cane payments, surplus sugar stocks, and blocked exports could create severe financial stress for mills and farmers while limiting foreign exchange earnings.
All India Kisan Sabha on Thursday (May 15, 2026) hit out at the government for its decision to ban sugar export, calling for an immediate rollback of the decision. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) called the sugar export ban a ‘hasty’ and ‘ill-prepared’ decision.
“Government’s sudden sugar export ban is a double whammy for Maharashtra’s sugar mills. Excess stock + Increased FRP [Fair and Remunerative Price] + No exports = Financial disaster. We need foreign exchange, yet we’re locking away our surplus?” asked NCP SP leader Jayant Patil. He also wrote a letter to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on the onion issue after plummeting onion prices have led to farmers’ distress.
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Source : The Hindu
