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UP sugar output rises 13%, exceeds 4.5 mn tonnes
The sugar production in Uttar Pradesh has exceeded 4.5 million tonnes (MT), which is 13 per cent higher compared to similar period last year. The state is targeting sugar output of 6.5 MT for this season against 5.9 MT during 2010-11. Meanwhile, sugarcane farmers had so far been paid Rs 8,115 crore out of total dues of Rs 10,195 crore, which puts the payment percentage under 80 per cent. Sugar mills

Sugarcane crushing gains pace in Haryana

This year’s sugarcane crushing in Haryana has picked on a speedier note compared to 2011. As per state agriculture officials, sugar mills have till January 31 crushed 281.99 lakh quintal of

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The bitter sweet truth

The sugar industry’s wait for an end to stifling restrictions and regulations seems to be eternal. Even as the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, headed by C Rangarajan, had

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Sugarcane farmers fear loss due to factory mishap

Sugarcane farmers in south Orissa’s Ganjam district fear huge loss due to stoppage of crushing at the Aska Cooperative Sugar Industries Limited (ASIL) where a mishap claimed three lives last

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Sour buying season for Uttar Pradesh jaggery units

Despite a 10 per cent higher output estimated for sugarcane, jaggery units in Uttar Pradesh are facing a huge supply shortage this season. From almost 100 per cent supply before November 8, farmers

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Co-generation project fails to take off

The sugarcane department’s bid to revive its co-generation project for its Kitcha and Baajpur sugar mills in Uttarakhand on PPP mode has failed to take off due to indifferent attitude of the

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