Last Updated: 26 Nov 2024
Initiatives for Sugarcane crop
-- Highest Pricing: Highest sugarcane prices in India
-- Pending Payments cleared both from Government & Private Mills
-- Sugar Mills expansion & Modernisation
IMPACT of AAP Govt:
-- For first time, all Govt's dues of sugarcane farmers cleared by Punjab Govt as of 08 Sept 2022[1]
-- Area under sugarcane goes up from 95,000 hectares in 2023 to 1 lakh hectares in 2024[2]
Sugarcane crop in sub tropical states (U.P., Punjab, Haryana, Bihar etc.) takes generally one year to mature and planting seasons are September to October (Autumn) and February to March (Spring)
The farmers of the state eagerly want to adopt sugarcane crop under crop diversification, but they are hesitant for it due to lack of adequate price and timely payment of the crop - CM Mann[3]
1. Better pricing
State Agreed Price needs to be increased to make it an attractive alternative
IMPACT of AAP Govt: Highest sugarcane prices in India:
25 Nov 2024: Punjab govt maintains country's Highest sugarcane price at Rs 401 per quintal[4]
1 Dec 2023: Punjab govt notifies country's Highest sugarcane price at Rs 391 per quintal[5]
11 Nov 2022: Punjab govt notifies country's Highest sugarcane price at Rs 380 per quintal[6]
2. Pending Payment dues- Both from Government & Private Mills
Work In Progress
-- Two private sugar mills have not paid the dues yet as owners of these mills have fled from the country
-- State government has already initiated the process to confiscate their assets to pay the pending dues of the farmers[3:1]
Batala Cooperative Sugar Mills[7]:
Gurdaspur Cooperative Sugar Mill[7:1]:
Guru Nanak Dev Sugar Cane Research & Development Institute, Kalanaur[9]
Agriculture College, Kalanaur [10]
Total 1.80 lac farmers' families are connected with the sugar mills in Punjab
Presently there are 15 sugar mills operational in Punjab
Crushing 2024[2:2]
| Sugar Mills Capacity | Sugarcane Crop in Punjab |
|---|---|
| 2.50 lakh hectares(Oct 2022)[3:2] | 94,558 hectares[12] (2024-25) |
References:
https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/bhagwant-mann-fulfils-another-promise-with-farmers-clears-all-the-pending-due-to-sugarcane-cultivators-181063 ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-govt-likely-to-increase-cane-sap-by-10-per-quintal/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/punjab-cm-bhagwant-mann-announces-hike-in-sugarcane-price-to-rs-380-per-quintal/articleshow/94625855.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-hikes-cane-price-by-10-per-quintal-101732561813070.html ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-announces-rs-11-per-quintal-hike-of-sugarcane-sap-cm-mann-calls-it-shagun-567699 ↩︎
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/punjab-govt-notifies-sugarcane-price-hike/articleshow/95459093.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/govt-breathes-life-into-kalanaur-sugarcane-research-institute-522778 ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/paddy-planting-blow-punjab-diversification-9490295/ ↩︎
