Bitter season awaits UP's sugar mills

Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest sugar producing state, has once again chosen to give politics prominence over economics in deciding the price of sugarcane for the sugar industry. The state is home to the country’s top sugar firms like Bajaj Hindusthan, Balrampur Chini, Dhampur Sugar Mills and Triveni Engineering, among others. The Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government announced an increase on December 7 of Rs 40 a quintal, or 16 per cent, in the state advised price (SAP) of sugarcane across varieties. 

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