Sugarcane Farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday underlined his government's commitment to fulfilling its pledge for the welfare of farmers, asserting that a "historic" hike in sugarcane's price is part of such efforts.

Punjab government has called farmer union leaders for a meeting today with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as highway blockade in Jalandhar by the farmers who are demanding an increase in sugarcane prices entered the fourth day.

Farmers, led by Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba), blocked a stretch of a highway in Punjab's Jalandhar on Tuesday, demanding an increase in sugarcane prices.

The Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) Thursday began an indefinite dharna to protest the non-clearance of cane farmers' dues of about Rs 42 crore by a sugar mill in Punjab's Phagwara.

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh'sLakhimpur Kheri used an unconventional method by donning bear costumes to frighten monkeys that damage their sugarcane crop.

On the second day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have an interaction with sugarcane farmers and youth, and later address a public meeting in the state on Monday.

Minister for Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said the Uttar Pradesh government will ensure that sugar mills pay the dues of sugarcane farmers within a week.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today flagged off 77 tractors for farm machinery banks set up in cooperative sugarcane and sugar mill societies.

In a bid to provide much-needed relief to Punjab's sugarcane farmers, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today announced to increase the price of sugarcane to Rs 380 from Rs 360 per quintal.

The top sugar producing state Maharashtra is set to churn out record levels for the second year in a row as farmers have expanded the growing area for the cane crop, the state government said in a statement on Monday.

Farmers protesting over the non-payment of sugarcane dues for the past four days here blocked the second side of the Jalandhar-Ludhiana stretch of the national highway on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the BJP government is working on a permanent solution for sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh, adding that sugarcane will also be used to produce ethanol.

Uttar Pradesh Election: With 20 days left for the election, the issue of payments to sugarcane farmers has taken centrestage in western UP's Shamli, from where the state's Sugarcane Minister, Suresh Rana, will be contesting.

Claiming that his party's government in Uttar Pradesh made a record payment to sugarcane farmers, BJP national president JP Nadda attacked the Opposition, saying "Jinnah is theirs and ganna' is ours".

With Uttar Pradesh assembly elections just months away, the central government on Wednesday cleared a hike in ethanol price by 80 paise a litre

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday underlined his government's commitment to fulfilling its pledge for the welfare of farmers, asserting that a "historic" hike in sugarcane's price is part of such efforts.

Punjab government has called farmer union leaders for a meeting today with Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann as highway blockade in Jalandhar by the farmers who are demanding an increase in sugarcane prices entered the fourth day.

Farmers, led by Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba), blocked a stretch of a highway in Punjab's Jalandhar on Tuesday, demanding an increase in sugarcane prices.

The Bharti Kisan Union (Doaba) Thursday began an indefinite dharna to protest the non-clearance of cane farmers' dues of about Rs 42 crore by a sugar mill in Punjab's Phagwara.

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh'sLakhimpur Kheri used an unconventional method by donning bear costumes to frighten monkeys that damage their sugarcane crop.

On the second day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have an interaction with sugarcane farmers and youth, and later address a public meeting in the state on Monday.

Minister for Sugarcane Development and Sugar Mills Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary said the Uttar Pradesh government will ensure that sugar mills pay the dues of sugarcane farmers within a week.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today flagged off 77 tractors for farm machinery banks set up in cooperative sugarcane and sugar mill societies.

In a bid to provide much-needed relief to Punjab's sugarcane farmers, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today announced to increase the price of sugarcane to Rs 380 from Rs 360 per quintal.

The top sugar producing state Maharashtra is set to churn out record levels for the second year in a row as farmers have expanded the growing area for the cane crop, the state government said in a statement on Monday.

Farmers protesting over the non-payment of sugarcane dues for the past four days here blocked the second side of the Jalandhar-Ludhiana stretch of the national highway on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the BJP government is working on a permanent solution for sugarcane farmers of Uttar Pradesh, adding that sugarcane will also be used to produce ethanol.

Uttar Pradesh Election: With 20 days left for the election, the issue of payments to sugarcane farmers has taken centrestage in western UP's Shamli, from where the state's Sugarcane Minister, Suresh Rana, will be contesting.

Claiming that his party's government in Uttar Pradesh made a record payment to sugarcane farmers, BJP national president JP Nadda attacked the Opposition, saying "Jinnah is theirs and ganna' is ours".

With Uttar Pradesh assembly elections just months away, the central government on Wednesday cleared a hike in ethanol price by 80 paise a litre