No more sweet nothings

The sugarcane belt in Maharashtra has been tense in the last few weeks. The Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) has led an agitation demanding that the advance price of sugarcane be raised to Rs 300 per quintal. The sugar factories are reported to have offered only Rs 230 per quintal as first payment. In Uttar Pradesh too, farmers’ organisations want the state advised price (SAP) to be raised to Rs 300 per quintal, against last year’s Rs 240 per quintal.

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