Sugar industry seeks hike in import duty and export sops

Last Updated: Thursday, October 17, 2013, 17:14

ISMA, the apex body for sugar industry, Thursday demanded the government increase import duty on sugar and provide assistance for exports to bail out the sector that suffered losses in 2012-13 season.

Govt relaxes export norms of pharma grade, specialty sugar

Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 20:19

The government has liberalised the procedure for exports of pharmaceutical grade and specialty sugar.

Govt mulls export curbs on sugar, wheat to check prices

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 17:05

Fearing price rise of essential food items due to poor monsoon, the government is considering imposing restrictions on sugar export and ban wheat shipments through private traders.

Turf war in govt over sugar export control

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 00:11

In a turf war to control sugar exports, the Commerce Ministry on Tuesday fixed a quota of 10,000 tonnes per trader, reversing decision of the Food Ministry which allowed unrestricted shipments of the sweetener.

Sugar, onion exports freed; panel set up on storage issue

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 23:56

In a slew of decisions to boost agriculture export, the government Wednesday decided to free sugar export to help mills clear cane arrears of over Rs 10,000 crore to farmers, and set up an expert panel to formulate a policy to handle surplus foodgrains in view of storage crunch.

PM to meet Pawar Monday on sugar, cotton export issues

Last Updated: Sunday, April 29, 2012, 18:11

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Monday to deliberate on the objections raised by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar over export of farm commodities such as sugar and cotton.

EGoM meet today to decide on more sugar exports

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 09:26

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss allowing further exports of sugar and allocating additional foodgrains to BPL families for clearing storage space for new crop.

EGoM meet tomorrow to decide on allowing more sugar exports

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 21:53

The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is scheduled to meet tomorrow to discuss allowing further exports of sugar and allocating additional foodgrains to BPL families for clearing storage space for new crop.

No differences in govt on cotton, sugar exports: Pawar

Last Updated: Monday, April 23, 2012, 16:02

Days after complaining to the Prime Minister that food and textile ministries are following anti-farmer export policies, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday said there are no differences within the government on the issue.

Thomas rules out change in sugar export policy

Last Updated: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 19:51

The government will continue its existing sugar export policy of allocating the quota among all the mills based on the average production of last three years, Food Minister K V Thomas has said.

Additional 1 million tonnes of sugar exports allowed

Last Updated: Monday, March 26, 2012, 23:00

The government Monday allowed further one million tonnes of sugar exports in view of surplus production and to help mills clear mounting cane arrears, that have reached Rs 8,409 crore till February, to farmers.

EGoM to meet on Monday to decide on additional sugar export

Last Updated: Sunday, March 25, 2012, 11:44

An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, will meet on Monday to decide on allowing an additional export of up to one million tonnes of sugar in the 2011-12 marketing year.