GO issued for fixing cane price

The State authorities connected Saturday issued an bid fixing ₹3,300 per tonne of sugarcane with a betterment complaint astatine 11.25% and ₹3,200 for a tonne of cane with a betterment complaint astatine 10.25%.

The bid was issued aft Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s extended discussions with sweetener mill owners and farmers’ representatives connected Friday.

Sugarcane growers were connected onslaught successful Belagavi and different districts of northbound Karnataka seeking ₹3,500 per tonne of cane.

Of the ₹3,300 per tonne of sugarcane, ₹3,250 volition beryllium paid by mill owners and ₹50 by the government. 

Similarly, for sugarcane with a betterment complaint astatine 10.25%, mill owners would wage ₹3,150 and the authorities would wage ₹50 (total ₹3,200), the bid said.