Japanese agriculture minister Norikazu Suzuki visited Paris food shops and supermarkets to promote Japanese rice exports, noting sushi and onigiri are widely...
ISMA has urged the government, ahead of Union Budget 2026, to rationalise GST and support biofuels and clean mobility. It proposed incentives...
India’s sugar season 2026 began strongly with output up 25 percent to 12 MMT, led by Maharashtra’s rebound and more operating mills....
ISMA has urged the government to revise ethanol procurement prices and increase supply allocations, citing rising cost pressures. While sugarcane prices rose...
ISMA warns that unchanged ethanol procurement prices despite higher sugarcane FRP have created a ₹5/litre cost-price gap, making production unviable. Reduced ethanol...
India’s sugar industry seeks GST cuts on flex-fuel and ethanol-blended vehicles in the Union Budget to boost clean mobility and ethanol demand....
India’s sugar and bio-energy sector seeks clarity beyond 20% ethanol blending. Despite ₹40,000 crore invested and 900-crore-litre capacity, plants are underutilized. ISMA...
India’s 2025–26 sugar output rose 28% year-on-year to 78.25 lakh tonnes by mid-December, driven by better cane yields and recovery in key...
The sugar industry has urged the government to reserve more ethanol procurement for sugarcane-based feedstock, noting only 289 crore litres allocated for...