Govt eases norms for sugar mills to borrow Rs 6,000 cr soft loan

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2015, 23:50

The government Wednesday eased norms for sugar mills to borrow soft loans of Rs 6,000 crore to help clear arrears of Rs 15,400 crore to sugarcane growers.

Govt trying to talk to countries on sugar exports: Sitharaman

Last Updated: Sunday, August 9, 2015, 18:47

"We just started working on it. Because quantum of sugar is annually getting accumulated. In the last four years it (the accumulation of sugar) has been quite substantial," she told reporters here.

'Firms export 6,101 tonne sugar to EU; 8,071 tonne to US'

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 15:09

Sugar Companies exported 6,101 tonnes of the sweetener to the EU and 8,071 tonnes to the US till July 21 under the preferential quota system, Parliament was informed on Friday.

PM favours export of surplus sugar, ethanol blending

Last Updated: Saturday, August 1, 2015, 21:29

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday favoured raising sugar exports to liquidate surplus stocks because of low domestic demand that has led to a huge cane arrears of over Rs 14,000 crore to farmers.

Working on policy for timely payment to cane growers: Paswan

Last Updated: Friday, July 3, 2015, 20:57

Concerned over Rs 20,000 crore of cane arrears to farmers, the government is preparing a long- term policy for the cash-starved sugar sector to ensure timely payment to growers.

Google's smart contact lens may arrive sooner than thought

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 16:36

The lens could potentially remove the need for diabetics to prick their fingers and draw blood to check their blood-sugar levels.

India contracts to export 50,000 tonnes sugar, first major deal in months

Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015, 20:02

Indian sugar mills have contracted to export 50,000 tonnes of white sugar to Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan at USD 340-USD 345 a tonne, free on board, trade sources said, the first major deal in the past few months.

Sweet gains for sugar stocks; shares surge up to 13%

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 18:54

Sugar stocks were in limelight Wednesday, surging up to 13 percent, after the government approved Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills to help them partly clear cane price arrears to farmers.

CCEA okays Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 15:02

The government on Wednesday approved Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills to help them partly clear cane price arrears to farmers that have touched about Rs 21,000 crore.

Cabinet approves Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 10, 2015, 12:19

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills for making payments to cane farmers.

US questions India on its domestic support programmes

Last Updated: Friday, June 5, 2015, 21:47

The US posed a salvo of questions to India on its domestic support programmes, including its cotton policies, minimum support price, public stockholding for food security purposes and landholding pooling by Indian farmers, in a meeting at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) here.

Sugar output to touch all time high of 28.3 MT

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 22:33

India's sugar production is estimated to touch all time high of 28.3 million tonnes (MT) in the ongoing marketing year, 2014-15, as mills have already manufactured 27.95 MT so far.