Sugar mills owe Rs 9,340 cr to farmers for current mkt yr

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013, 19:53

Payments worth Rs 199.23 crore were still pending for the 2011-12 marketing year, and Rs 289.65 crore for 2010-11 and earlier, taking the total cane price arrears to Rs 9,828 crore.

Govt hikes sugarcane FRP by 23.5% to Rs 210/quintal for 2013-14

Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 14:20

The government on Thursday increased the sugarcane price that mills are required to pay to farmers by 23.5 percent to Rs 210 per quintal for the year starting October 2013.

Sugarcane farmers` agitation enters ninth day

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 09:32

The agitation by sugarcane growers in parts of Maharashtra entered into ninth day on Thursday.

Sugarcane farmers clash with police in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 12:39

Fresh violence broke out in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra on Wednesday.

Jaya announces scheme for sugarcane farmers

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 13:10

Under the scheme, farmers taking up drip irrigation will get a 100 per cent subsidy from the government for installation of necessary infrastructure.

Raj writes to Maha CM, demands Rs 2200 for sugarcane farmers

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 21:45

Pointing at a discrimination in sugarcane prices paid to the farmers and the labourers, Raj said the state Government to take immediate action for equal pay.

Ajit threatens fresh agitation by sugarcane farmers

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 22:00

RLD chief Ajit Singh has threatened fresh agitation by sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh if the sugar mills fail to offer a uniform price to them within 10 days.

Ajit Singh to hold panchayat of sugarcane farmers

Last Updated: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 20:18

Even as the Centre decided to withdraw the sugarcane ordinance, RLD chief Ajit Singh today said he will hold a panchayat of cane farmers in Shamli on Monday to discuss the lack of uniformity in prices.

UP farmers threaten to sell sugarcane to Haryana, U`khand

Last Updated: Friday, November 27, 2009, 15:10

Sugarcane farmers on Friday threatened to sell their produce to mill owners in neighbouring states of Haryana and Uttarakhand on Friday, saying they pay better for the produce.

Farmers clash with UP police over sugarcane price

Last Updated: Thursday, November 26, 2009, 12:26

Agitated over the government`s sugarcane policy, farmers in Uttar Pradesh`s Muzaffarnagar and Baghpat district disrupted a rail route, targeted public vehicles and clashed with the police, officials said Thursday.

Farmers protest new sugarcane pricing

Last Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 13:15

Hundreds of sugarcane farmers from western Uttar Pradesh today staged a demonstration in the city to protest the new sugarcane pricing and procurement policy announced by the government.

UP farmers gather in New Delhi to protest sugarcane prices

Last Updated: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 11:09

Holding sugarcane stems and shouting slogans, hordes of farmers from Uttar Pradesh arrived in Delhi on Thursday to voice their protest against the new sugarcane pricing policy announced by the central and state governments.