Sugar

Ethanol blending targets scaled up from 5% to 10%: Paswan

22 Dec 2015

Govt to provide Rs4.50 per quintal of sugarcane as direct subsidy to farmers

19 Nov 2015

Maharashtra may stop sugarcane growing this year

31 Aug 2015

Maharashtra government may disallow cultivation and crushing of sugarcane this year owing to the severe water shortage in Marathwada and the western regions

Govt mulls mandatory sugar exports to ease mills’ inventory burden

05 Aug 2015

Centre intervenes to clear payment of arrears to cane farmers

10 Jun 2015

Govt hikes sugar import duty to 40%, scraps duty-free import scheme

29 Apr 2015

Centre mulls direct payment of sugarcane subsidy to farmers, sugar import duty hike

16 Apr 2015

Govt modifies ethanol procurement policy under blending programme

17 Mar 2015

Sugar industry seeks export sops as dues to cane farmers top Rs15,000 crore

14 Mar 2015

States urged to help boost ethanol supply, financial health of sugar mills

21 Feb 2015

Raw sugar export sops to continue

20 Feb 2015

Sugar mills start defaulting on bank loans amidst sugar glut

10 Oct 2014

Sugar prices likely to jump as govt hikes import duty to 25%

22 Aug 2014

Sugar prices seen going up by Rs2-3 per kg

24 Jun 2014

Govt to hike sugar import duty, raise interest-free loan limit

23 Jun 2014

EID-Parry’s port-based sugar refinery to go on stream soon

16 May 2014

Cargill and Brazil's Copersucar to join forces to become world's biggest sugar trader

28 Mar 2014

US-based agri-food giant Cargill and Brazil's Copersucar, the world's largest sugar and ethanol company, yesterday said that they would form a 50-50 joint venture to create the world's biggest sugar trading company

Govt further hikes fair price for sugarcane to Rs220 per quintal

11 Feb 2014

Sugar export subsidy likely to be fixed at Rs3,500 per tonne

10 Feb 2014

Govt to provide incentives for raw sugar exports

16 Jan 2014

Cabinet approves norms for Rs7,200-cr aid package for sugar industry

26 Dec 2013

Pawar panel recommends Rs7,200-cr interest-free loans to sugar mills to clear cane dues

07 Dec 2013

Cabinet panel moots 10% ethanol mix in fuel

06 Dec 2013

Sugar mills to delay crushing as inventory, debt mounts

18 Oct 2013

Government hikes sugar import duty to 15%; prices to go up

09 Jul 2013