INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
penny to the farmers, while the total sugarcane price arrears stand at Rs 3,557 crore, which is 71 per cent of the total dues
According the Sugar Commissionerate of Maharashtra, millers have paid only 29 per cent of the cane price dues to the farmers
Till December 15, Rs 1,469.49 crore has been paid to the farmers as fair and remunerative price (FRP), which has to be paid within 15 days
of buying cane from the farmer as per the Sugarcane Control Order.
The actual amount paid by the mills to the farmers as on December 15
stood at Rs 1,477.89 crore, as some mills have paid cane price which is higher than the FRP.
Of the 188 sugar mills which are working this
This list includes mills belonging to ministers in the state government as well as leaders from opposition parties.
