'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.

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.

Pawar raises woes of sugar industry with PM

Last Updated: Monday, May 11, 2015, 21:12

Worried at cane arrears to farmers mounting to Rs 21,000 crore, NCP chief and former Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Monday led a delegation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the Centre create sugar buffer stock to bail out cash-starved mills.

Govt could consider white sugar export incentive: Paswan

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 15:08

India could consider giving cash-strapped sugar companies an incentive to export white, or refined, sugar as long as mills agree to pay dues they owe to millions of cane growers, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Wednesday.

Sugar mills say exports not viable unless prices rise 10%

Last Updated: Friday, March 13, 2015, 15:25

Sugar mills will be unable to sign any major export deals despite recent government incentives if prices do not rise about 10 percent to 14.4 cents per pound, a top industry official said.

CCEA approves export subsidy on raw sugar for up to 1.4 mn tn

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 22:23

The government Thursday approved subsidy on export of up to 1.4 million tonnes of raw sugar in the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year, a move that would boost millers' cash-flow and enable them to clear mounting sugarcane price arrears that have crossed Rs 12,000 crore.

CCEA may take up sugar export subsidy issue today

Last Updated: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 08:48

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to take up Thursday a proposal to extend export subsidy to 1.4 million tonnes of raw sugar in the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year.

Food Minister favours sugar export subsidy for upto 1.4 million tonnes

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 14:09

Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday said his ministry is in favour of extending export subsidy to only 1.4 million tonnes of raw sugar in the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year.

Food Ministry for extending sugar export subsidy for 1.4 million tonnes

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 22:02

The Food Ministry is in favour of extending export subsidy for only 1.4 million tonnes of raw sugar in the ongoing 2014-15 marketing year.

'Decision on extending sugar export subsidy soon'

Last Updated: Thursday, December 18, 2014, 18:01

The government will soon take a final decision on extending subsidy for exports of raw sugar in the current 2014-15 marketing year, a top food ministry official said on Thursday.

CCEA may consider tomorrow incentives for raw sugar export

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 18:38

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to consider Thursday a proposal to give a cash subsidy of Rs 2,000 per tonne for export of four million tonnes of raw sugar for a period of two years.