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Trailing Rahul Gandhi's Yatra: Cane Farmers Hope Loans Waived Off
The blinding neon flashes followed by deafening thunder cracking across the night sky and the subsequent torrent on Monday brought smiles to the faces of 73-year-old Raman Yadav and 21-year-old Pawan Sharma in eastern Uttar Pradesh's floundering 'sugar bowl'Kushinagar.
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Cane Farmers to Get Direct Subsidy for Arrears
Concerned over arrears to cane growers from sugar factories amounting to more than Rs 21,000 crore (over $3 billion) in the last season, the government on Wednesday fixed a subsidy of Rs 4.50 per quintal crushed, which will be payable directly to farmers.
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Truth vs Hype: In Drought-Hit Marathwada, A Sugar Mill Owner 'Downgrades' to Mercedes
Politically-connected sugar barons like Bapurao Patil seem insulated from the turmoil roiling the countryside. Behind him was parked a gleaming Mercedes SUV, an incongruous sight in a village of tiny lanes and low-slung brick and mud homes.
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Trailing Rahul Gandhi's Yatra: Cane Farmers Hope Loans Waived Off
The blinding neon flashes followed by deafening thunder cracking across the night sky and the subsequent torrent on Monday brought smiles to the faces of 73-year-old Raman Yadav and 21-year-old Pawan Sharma in eastern Uttar Pradesh's floundering 'sugar bowl'Kushinagar.
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Cane Farmers to Get Direct Subsidy for Arrears
Concerned over arrears to cane growers from sugar factories amounting to more than Rs 21,000 crore (over $3 billion) in the last season, the government on Wednesday fixed a subsidy of Rs 4.50 per quintal crushed, which will be payable directly to farmers.
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Truth vs Hype: In Drought-Hit Marathwada, A Sugar Mill Owner 'Downgrades' to Mercedes
Politically-connected sugar barons like Bapurao Patil seem insulated from the turmoil roiling the countryside. Behind him was parked a gleaming Mercedes SUV, an incongruous sight in a village of tiny lanes and low-slung brick and mud homes.
