Govt to pay sugarcane growers â¹1,540 crore on mills' behalf
The government on Wednesday announced its decision to directly pay sugarcane farmers about â¹1,540 crore to help sugar mills clear cane dues. Sugarcane farmers will receive â¹5.5 per quintal of cane crushed in sugar season 2017-18. Due to over-production and crash in sugar prices, the cane price dues of farmers have reached more than â¹19,000 crore, the government said.