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UP sugar mills owe around ₹12,400 crore in cane payment February 05, 2021 × Mills have crushed nearly 560 lakh tonnes of sugarcane worth ₹17,635 crore on an average The sugarcane crushing season may be well past the half-way mark, but the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is yet to announce the State-advised price (SAP) for the season. Last time, the SAP was revised in 2017 when the BJP government came to power in the State. The government, however, had directed the mills to make payment at the previous year’s rate of ₹315 per quintal. According to data with the UP Sugar In...

State govt delaying SAP announcement on fears that nil or little hike may irk farmers: Sources

Defiant farmers to step up agitation December 22, 2020 They will decide on accepting the government’s invitation for talks today Farmers organisations from Punjab have decided to hold discussions with other outfits on Wednesday to take a final decision on the Union Agriculture Ministry inviting them for talks. Meanwhile, they have decided to step up the agitations and more people will reach the borders of Delhi between Wednesday and December 28. Leader of the movement Kulwant Singh Sandhu told reporters at Singhu border on Tuesday that several State governments were ready to act against ...