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Congress Leader Threatens To Join Protest Against Amarinder Singh
Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa Tuesday threatened to join the ongoing protest of sugar cane growers against the Punjab government's failure to ensure that sugar mills in the state were operational even as the crushing season was on.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 5,500 Crore Package For Sugar Industry
The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 5,500 crore package for the sugar industry that includes over two-fold jump in production assistance to cane growers and transport subsidy to mills for export up to 5 million tonnes in the marketing year 2018-19.
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Sugarcane Prices Hiked By Rs 20 To Rs 275 Per Quintal
The government has decided to increase the minimum price sugar mills pay to cane growers by Rs 20 per quintal to Rs 275 per quintal for the next marketing year starting October.
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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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Pay farmers or face action: UP govt tells sugar mills
Uttar Pradesh government has directed all the sugar mills in the state to clear cane arrears of farmers or strict action would be initiated against them."By the end of the last week payment of Rs 11,580 had been done to cane growers as against dues of Rs 13,000 crores. A directive has been issued by the Cane development Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqu...
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Congress Leader Threatens To Join Protest Against Amarinder Singh
Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa Tuesday threatened to join the ongoing protest of sugar cane growers against the Punjab government's failure to ensure that sugar mills in the state were operational even as the crushing season was on.
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Cabinet Approves Rs 5,500 Crore Package For Sugar Industry
The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 5,500 crore package for the sugar industry that includes over two-fold jump in production assistance to cane growers and transport subsidy to mills for export up to 5 million tonnes in the marketing year 2018-19.
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Sugarcane Prices Hiked By Rs 20 To Rs 275 Per Quintal
The government has decided to increase the minimum price sugar mills pay to cane growers by Rs 20 per quintal to Rs 275 per quintal for the next marketing year starting October.
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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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Pay farmers or face action: UP govt tells sugar mills
Uttar Pradesh government has directed all the sugar mills in the state to clear cane arrears of farmers or strict action would be initiated against them."By the end of the last week payment of Rs 11,580 had been done to cane growers as against dues of Rs 13,000 crores. A directive has been issued by the Cane development Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqu...
