Karnataka BJP MP Seeks Cut In Sugar Recovery Rate, Hike In MSP
Karnataka BJP MP Iranna B Kadadi urged the Centre to reduce the sugar recovery rate benchmark from 10.25% to 9.5% and raise sugar MSP, citing mill losses and farmer payments. He also sought higher ethanol allocation to Karnataka, which produces 270 crore litres annually across 81 operating sugar factories.
New Delhi:Karnataka BJP leader Iranna B Kadadi on Friday urged the Centre to reduce the recovery rate of sugar from 10.25 per cent to 9.5 per cent and raise the minimum selling price of the sweetener to benefit both cane growers and millers. Sugar recovery rate is the percentage of sugar extracted from sugarcane.
Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Kadadi said the recovery rate in Karnataka has been 9.5 per cent and it is necessary to maintain it at that level, even as the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane is fixed at a higher recovery rate of 10.25 per cent. He also demanded that FRP be fixed without taking into account harvesting and transportation costs.
“Since 2019, the minimum sale price of sugar has been kept at only Rs 31 per kg and has not been increased. Due to this, mills are hesitant to pay more to farmers. Since sugar is selling at Rs 40 per kg in retail markets, it is necessary to increase the MSP,” the BJP MP said.
Kadadi said Karnataka produces about 270 crore litres of ethanol and the state should be allocated more for marketing. He said 81 sugar factories are operating in Karnataka and the state ranks third in the country’s sugar production, accounting for 16 per cent of the total output. Around 7.5 lakh hectares of land is under sugarcane cultivation in the state, producing around 45 lakh tonne of sugar annually.
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Source : ETV Bharat
