Cabinet approves â¹5,500 crore package for sugar industry
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday cleared a â¹5,500-crore incentive package for the sugar industry. Under the package, the government will give transport subsidies of â¹1,000-3,000 per tonne to sugar mills, depending on their distance from ports. The Cabinet approved raising the price the government directly pays to cane growers to â¹13.88 a quintal in the new season beginning October 2018.