Maharashtra sugar mills have ₹256 crore in pending FRP dues to sugarcane farmers despite the completion of the 2025-26 crushing season. Of...
Maharashtra’s sugar mills earned over ₹8,250 crore from ethanol and bagasse-based power generation during the 2025–26 season, strengthening industry finances. However, many...
Maharashtra’s sugar industry defended India’s E20 programme, saying ethanol has strengthened mill finances, farmer payments and rural livelihoods. The state invested ₹35,000...
Chhattisgarh enrolled 4,691 sugarcane farmers as shareholder-members of the Bhoramdeo Cooperative Sugar Producers Factory, expanding membership to nearly 23,000. The government urged...
Maharashtra sugar mills have cleared 99.26% of farmers’ FRP dues, leaving ₹298 crore outstanding from the 2022–23 season. The state has initiated...
Sugar mills in Maharashtra have paid 99.26% of the ₹40,446 crore FRP due for the 2025–26 crushing season, leaving ₹298 crore unpaid...
Maharashtra’s Sugar Commissioner ordered asset seizures against three more sugar mills for unpaid cane FRP dues, raising RRC cases to 10 in...
Maharashtra sugar mills paid 99.02% of 2025-26 FRP dues by June 15, disbursing Rs 40,050 crore against Rs 40,446 crore payable. Of...
India’s sugar mills are facing financial strain as sugarcane FRP has risen from ₹2,750 to ₹3,650 per tonne since 2018–19, while sugar’s...