Clear Cane Arrears

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  After Bitter Kairana Result, Centre's Touch Of Sugar For Cane Farmers

  Concerned over mounting cane arrears to the tune of Rs 22,000 crore, the government is expected to announce a bailout package of over Rs 8,000 crore to clear dues of farmers, sources told NDTV.

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  Centre To Announce Rs 7,000 Crore Bailout To Help Sugarcane Farmers

  Concerned over mounting cane arrears of more than Rs 22,000 crore, the government is likely to announce a bailout package of over Rs 7,000 crore to ensure cash-starved mills clear dues to farmers at the earliest, sources said.

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  Sugar Mills to Get Rs 6,000 Crore in Interest-Free Loans

  The government on Wednesday approved Rs 6,000 crore interest-free loan to sugar mills to help them partly clear cane price arrears to farmers that have touched about Rs 21,000 crore.

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  Government May Hike Sugar Import Duty to 40%: Report

  The government is likely to raise import duty on sugar to 40 per cent from the current 25 per cent to check the sweetener's sliding price and enable mills to clear mounting cane arrears of about Rs 20,000 crore.

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  Food Ministry for Hiking Import Duty on Sugar

  The Food Ministry would recommend a hike in import duty on sugar to 40 per cent from the current 25 per cent to check the sliding price of the sweetener and enable mills to clear mounting cane arrears that has reached almost Rs 20,000 crore so far.

• Pay farmers or face action: UP govt tells sugar mills

  Uttar Pradesh government has directed all the sugar mills in the state to clear cane arrears of farmers or strict action would be initiated against them."By the end of the last week payment of Rs 11,580 had been done to cane growers as against dues of Rs 13,000 crores. A directive has been issued by the Cane development Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqu...