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India sugar output

03 May 2019

India produces 32.11 million tonnes of sugar in Oct-Apr; to hit new record

The annual domestic requirement of India, which is the world's second largest producer, is only 26 million tonnes.

Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs

07 Mar 2019

Cabinet approves Rs 2,790 crore interest subvention on loans to sugar mills

This is in addition to Rs 1,332 crore already approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in June 2018.

Sugar industry soft loan

01 Mar 2019

Cabinet approves up to Rs 10,540 cr loan to help sugar mills clear cane arrear

Government will bear the interest subvention cost between 7 – 10 percent to the extent of Rs 553 crore to Rs 1054 crore for one year.

29 Aug 2017

Govt imposes stock limit on mills for Sept, Oct to check sugar prices

The measure is aimed at preventing mills from artificially withholding sugar in storage in order to push up prices during the high demand festive season of September and October.

Yogi Adityanath

08 Apr 2017

UP CM Yogi Adityanath orders probe into Mayawati's sale of sugar mills

The Rs 1,180-crore scam has been hanging heavy on the former hief Minister Mayawati but it was put in cold storage by the earlier Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government.

09 Sep 2016

Indians working in Sharif-run mill: Pakistani opposition party

A Pakistani opposition leader on Friday alleged that 300 Indians were working in the sugar mills owned by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif`s family, however, the company management refuted the claim.

01 Sep 2016

Sugar above Rs 40/kg: Govt imposes stock limit on mills to check prices

To check spiralling price of sugar which has crossed Rs 40 per kg, the government on Thursday imposed stock limits on sugar mills during the festival season till October-end.

24 Aug 2016

Ram Vilas Paswan favours ban on sugar futures

With retail sugar prices crossing Rs 40/kg, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday favoured ban on sugar futures trade in the interest of consumers.

02 Aug 2016

CCEA may review production subsidy to sugar mills tomorrow

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) is likely to review production subsidy to sugar mills for 2015-16 season tomorrow, taking into account lower sugar production and exports.

28 Jul 2016

Govt mulls curbs on sugar sales at mill level to check prices

Government is mulling imposing stock limit for sugar millers and restricting domestic sales by fixing quota on each mill to tame sweetener's retail prices, which are currently ruling as high as Rs 43 per kg.

India's sugar production

29 Mar 2016

Sugar production may fall by 9% to 256 lakh tonnes in 2015-16

Country's sugar production is estimated to decline by over 9 percent to 256 lakh tonnes in the current marketing year ending September on account of lower sugarcane output.

18 Mar 2016

Top sugar producer Maharashtra exempts mills from paying cane tax

Maharashtra, India`s top sugar producing state, on Friday exempted sugar exporting mills from paying cane purchase tax for the 2015/16 marketing year that started on Oct. 1, the state`s finance minister said.

18 Mar 2016

India likely to export about 2 million tonnes sugar in 2015/16: Trade Body

India, the world`s second-biggest sugar producer, is likely to export 1.9 million tonnes to 2 million tonnes of sugar in the 2015/16 marketing year started on Oct. 1, a leading trade body said in a statement on Friday

19 Nov 2015

Sugar production up 33% at 7.61 lakh tonnes so far this season

India's sugar production rose by 33 percent to 7.61 lakh tonnes till November 15th in the current marketing year on higher output from Maharashtra.

18 Nov 2015

Sugar mills' cane arrears to fall Rs 1,100 crore on govt subsidy

Sugar industry body ISMA on Wednesday said the millers' cane price liability to farmers would reduce by about Rs 1,100 crore following the government's decision to give direct subsidy of Rs 4.5 per quintal to cane growers.

18 Nov 2015

Govt approves over Rs 1,100 crore subsidy for cane farmers

The government on Wednesday decided to pay a production-linked subsidy of Rs 4.50 per quintal directly to cane farmers in the 2015-16 season to help cash-starved sugar mills clear arrears -- a move that would cost the exchequer about Rs 1,147 crore.

08 Oct 2015

Govt gives tax sops on molasses to boost ethanol production

Sugar mills supplying ethanol to oil PSUs in 2015-16 season starting this month, will be eligible to avail input credit on the excise duty paid on the raw material molasses, a move aimed at promoting 10 per cent ethanol blending with petrol.

02 Oct 2015

Banks given 15 days to disburse soft loan to sugar mills

Emphasising improvement on the liquidity position of sugar industry, government has given 15 more days to banks for disbursing Rs 1,900 crore soft loans to sugar mills.

18 Sep 2015

Govt sets 4 million tonnes sugar export target for millers by Sept 2016

In a bid to clear cane arrears of about Rs 14,000 crore to farmers, the government has given mills a target of exporting four million tonnes of the sweetener for the marketing year ending September 2016.

12 Aug 2015

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

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.

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