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Higher sugarcane area will help boost sugar production. (Photo: File)

Sugar output may rise 24 pc to 25 MT in 2017-18: ISMA

Sugar production in world's second largest producer after Brazil is estimated at 20.2 MT in ongoing 2016-17.

7 Sept 2017 12:56 PM

State is likely to record a production of 104 lakh tonnes

Sugar industry on verge of unprecedented crisis

The sugar price that hovered around Rs 3,600 per quintal at the beginning of the season in October 2017, has fallen in...

26 April 2018 1:05 AM

Ram Vilas Paswan

Niti Aayog task force to find long-term solution to sugar sector woes:...

The task force was set up in December 2018 under the chairmanship of Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand.

5 Feb 2019 9:39 AM

A total capital outlay of Rs 1,674 crore has been made for this stock which would help mills clear their unpaid dues to the farmers.

Unchanged sugarcane FRP for 2019-20 season makes mills happy

On the pricing front, sector analysts expect the sharp reduction in Indian production in 2019/20 to start the recovery...

29 July 2019 1:28 AM

Even the latest ICRA report suggests that after a record sugar production in SY2019, the output ICRA may decline in the forthcoming sugar season, SY2020, thanks to drought-like conditions in Mahara-shtra and Karnataka.

PM Modi 2.0 to draft new sugar export policy post-Budget

This sugar production is after considering the diversion of 'B' heavy molasses and sugarcane juice away from sugar, into...

1 July 2019 1:49 AM

Indias sugar output in the last marketing year (October-September 2018) was also a record of the sort at 32.5 million tonne.

WTO to set up dispute settlement panel to review India's sugar subsidy

India has stated that the measures were consistent with its WTO obligations.

17 Aug 2019 4:33 AM

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has now given its go ahead to the proposal for creation of a buffer stock of 4 million tonne of sugar for one year at an estimated maximum expenditure of Rs 1,674 crore.

Buffer stock quantum can be modified

FRP is applicable for all states growing sugarcane except Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.

11 Aug 2019 7:41 PM

Giving much-needed relief to stressed sugarcane farmers, the government on Wednesday announced Rs 6,268-crore subsidy for exporting 6 million tonnes of sugar during the marketing year 2019-20 that starts from October.

Sugar industry set to start exports to China, Iran

Icra, on its parts, felt that it will be challenging to achieve six million tonne of sugar exports in 2019-20 marketing...

22 Sept 2019 7:18 PM

NCP Chief Sharad Pawar in a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. (PTI)

Sharad Pawar meets Amit Shah, raises political heat

On July 17, the NCP chief had called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the newly carved out...

4 Aug 2021 1:27 AM

Subhash Deshmukh

Import of Pak sugar sparks ire

The import has taken place at a time when the sugar industry is facing an unprecedented crisis due to a crash in prices.

13 May 2018 6:53 PM

Devendra Fadnavis

Delegation meets CM Fadnavis over sugar crisis

They asked that the government intervene immediately to ease the situation.

21 March 2018 10:10 PM

PDS sugar rate for select groups is also hiked from Rs 15 per kg to Rs 20.

Cabinet approves Rs 8,500 cr bailout package for sugar industry

Ethanol doping in petrol will also help the country cut its oil imports.

6 Jun 2018 8:33 AM