Complete decontrol of the UP sugar industry is the only solution

Last month, the cane growers' protest in Uttar Pradesh, along with the sugar mills' refusal to crush cane, led to violence and political turmoil. The history of cane control pricing in India, especially in UP, is fraught with complexities. The cane farming and sugar mill industry in India is irregular: it is neither decontrolled nor fully controlled, and is not guided by well-thought out rules.

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