Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for increasing the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane farmers and described it as an important stage in sugarcane farmers' journey to prosperity and self-reliance. .
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The statement comes after the government allowed the export of 6 million tonnes of sugar on a quota basis during the sugar season (SS) 2022-23.
In sugar season (October-September) 2021-22, a record over 5,000 lakh metric tons (LMT) of sugarcane was produced in the country, out of which about 3,574 LMT was crushed by sugar mills to produce about 394 LMT of sugar (sucrose). Out of this, 35 LMT sugar was diverted to ethanol production, and 359 LMT sugar was produced by sugar mills.
Due to proactive policies of Central Government ,sugarcane cultivation and sugar industry has come a long way in past 8 years and now reached a level of self-sustainability.
For the past two days, farmers have been blocking the Delhi-Amritsar national highway near Jalandhar, along with the rail tracks demanding a hike of the state assured price (SAP) of sugarcane to a minimum of Rs 400 per quintal.
Though the state government has declared sugarcane crushing an essential service in the lockdown yet the farmers are worried about their crop, a good quantity of which is still in the fields while the harvest season of wheat has arrived.
So far, about Rs 1,574 crore has been disbursed to sugar mills under various assistance schemes.
According to sources, farmers of nine districts of Meerut and Saharanpur division are still waiting for their dues to be cleared.
Udaiveer Singh was protesting under the banner: 'Kisan Sangharsh Morcha'. The dharna was being held in the Baraut sub division of this district since May 21.
