Minister warns mills against cheating farmers while weighing sugarcane
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Taking note of complaints by farmers against sugar mills that are said to have cheated growers while weighing sugarcane, Minister for Textiles, Sugarcane Development and Agricultural Marketing Shivanand Patil has warned such wrong-doing sugar mills of cancelling their licence.
“Growers should get their sugarcane weighed at APMC for free and get a receipt. That load should again be weighed at the sugar mills. If there is any discrepancy in the weight of the produce, they should give a written complaint against the mills. We will examine it and cancel the licence of mills if the latter are found guilty. The problem is that farmers often don’t come forward to give complaints,” Mr. Patil told media representatives in Kalaburagi on Wednesday.
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