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The State Sugarcane Growers’ Association has opposed the Centre’s determination to hole the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane astatine ₹3,650 per tonne for the 2026–27 season, terming it inadequate and unfair to farmers.
In a statement, the association’s State Organising Secretary Attahalli Devaraj said the terms announced by the Union Cabinet for cane with 10.25% sweetener betterment is little than the existent outgo of production. He noted that the Karnataka authorities had recommended ₹4,450 per tonne based connected cultivation costs and urged the Centre to see this portion revising the FRP.
The relation said the existent pricing could discourage farmers from continuing sugarcane cultivation and demanded an contiguous revision of the FRP to astatine slightest ₹4,500 per tonne.
It accused sweetener mills of exploiting farmers contempt generating gross from by-products specified arsenic sugar, ethanol, electricity, and compost. “Mills often hold payments and neglect to comply with authorities directives,” the connection charged.
Mr. Devaraj urged the Centre to amend the Sugar Control Act, 1966, and present stringent provisions to penalise mill owners who interruption outgo norms and different regulations.
