Sugar mills in Maharashtra have actually chosen that the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP)to sugarcane farmers will be paid on the basis of the healing from the walking cane squashed throughout the specific sugar season. The choice followed a current conference in between Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and sugar market gamers. Pawar released instructions on the matter; nevertheless, the federal government has actually not released a regulation however just standards.
The conference was arranged by the State federal government with sugar millers to go over FRP payments to farmers and was kept in the existence of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. He kept in mind that millers deal with major problems in paying FRP strictly according to the walking stick extract, as the portion of healing modifications from month to month.
Millers likewise put on record their failure to make prompt payments. They stated that their expenditures are continuously increasing, and mills can just access loans by mortgaging sugar stock. In addition, they are bound by the obsession of launching sugar into the marketplace based on the quota repaired by the federal government.
No clear court instructions
Senior cooperative leader and MLA Dilip Walse Patil stated that when the matter was required to the Bombay High Court, the court did not supply a clear instructions on which season’s healing ought to be thought about while computing FRP. This, he included, has actually resulted in more confusion for millers in addition to farmers.
At the exact same time, sugar mills in Maharashtra are combating another crucial fight– a need for a boost in the Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of sugar. According to the Maharashtra State Co-operative Sugar Factories Federation Limited, failure to increase MSP in line with FRP has actually led to the long-term closure of a bulk of sugar mills in the state.
Millers argue that a greater MSP would increase the worth of their sugar stock, thus making it possible for them to acquire greater loans from banks. The extra credit, in turn, would enable them to clear sugarcane payments to farmers in a more effective way.
Released on September 10, 2025
