Following the conclusion of the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officials during a review meeting on Thursday to ensure the pending payments for the new sugarcane crushing season 2023-24. For a long time, farmers have been demanding an increase in sugarcane prices. The Yogi government has responded by increasing the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sugarcane by ₹20 per quintal. Currently, out of 120 sugar mills in the state, 105 are making payments for sugarcane. CM Yogi also instructed that payments should be made only to those with good records.
Farmers had been demanding an increase in sugarcane prices for quite some time. The Yogi government has now increased the MSP for sugarcane by ₹20 per quintal. Addressing farmers in Chandpur, Bijnor, CM Yogi mentioned that earlier, farmers did not receive payments for up to 10 years, forcing them to borrow money at high interest rates from moneylenders. However, today, 105 out of 120 sugar mills in the state are making payments for sugarcane.
Before the Lok Sabha elections, there is good news for sugarcane farmers. The prices for sugarcane in the crushing season 2023-24 have been increased. The price for early variety sugarcane has been increased from ₹350 per quintal to ₹370 per quintal, for the normal variety from ₹340 per quintal to ₹360 per quintal, and for the unsuitable variety from ₹335 per quintal to ₹355 per quintal.
Payment of ₹163.29 Crore by Sugar Mills to Farmers: The current crushing season 2023-24, sugarcane farmers have already received payments totaling ₹29,053 crore. Sugar mills have made payments of ₹163.29 crore to sugarcane farmers.
