Govt raises 2025-26 sugarcane fair price by INR 15 to INR 355/100 kg
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--Cabinet OKs cane fair price INR 355/100 kg for 2025-26
NEW DELHI – The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a hike of INR 15 in the fair and remunerative price for sugarcane for the 2025-26 (Oct-Sep) sugar season to INR 355 per 100 kg. From October, sugar mills will pay farmers the revised fair prices for sugarcane purchases.
The revised fair prices of cane are for a basic recovery rate of 10.25%, the Cabinet said in a release. Mills also have to pay a premium of INR 3.46 per 100 kg for each 0.1% increase in recovery over and above 10.25%, and a reduction of INR 3.46 per 100 kg for each 0.1% decrease in recovery, it added. Sugar recovery rate is the percentage of sugar extracted from sugarcane while processing.
For sugarcane fetching the recovery rate below 9.5%, farmers are assured of a fair and remunerative price of INR 329.05 per 100 kg for 2025-26, the release said. The sugar sector affects the livelihood of 50 million farmers and families, and around 500,000 workers are directly employed in sugar mills. End
Reported by Afra Abubacker
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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