Big News for Sugarcane Farmers: India is the second largest sugarcane growing country in the world. Brazil is at first place. The livelihood of a large number of farmers in the country depends on sugarcane cultivation, whose income is going to increase with one step of the government. Actually, the government is thinking of making some amendments in the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966. With this, farmers’ income from sugarcane production can increase. Let us know how?
First increase in FRP
The government is continuously trying to increase the income of sugarcane farmers in the country. Under this, first the government decided to increase the FRP (Fair and Remunerative Price). In April this year, the government increased the FRP of sugarcane by 4.41 percent to Rs 355 per quintal. FRP is the minimum money that sugar mills pay to sugarcane farmers for their production. You cannot purchase sugarcane from farmers who get it at a price lower than this.
The government fixed the new FRP at 10.25 percent on the basis of sugar recovery. That means if the sugar obtained from sugarcane during processing is more than 10.25 percent, then farmers will have to pay even more money. For every 0.1 percent increase in sugar recovery, farmers will be given a premium of Rs 3.46 per quintal. Sugarcane farmers got relief from this decision of the government.
What is the proposal in the new rule?
Now under the new rule, FRP will be decided not only from sugar but also from the total income of other products made from sugarcane because at present, apart from sugar, ethanol, bio-CNG, molasses, electricity, bagasse are also being produced from sugarcane. Now, since till now FRP has been linked only to sugar, farmers are not able to get the benefit of earning from the production of these other things.
Apart from this, under the new rule, it is also proposed to make it mandatory for the farmers to make payment within 14 days of the purchase of sugarcane, which the farmers have been demanding for a long time. Sugar is the second largest industry in India, with which about 5 crore farmers and more than 5 lakh workers are directly involved. In such a situation, they will be able to benefit from these decisions of the government, which will increase their income and strengthen the country’s economy.
There is also a proposal regarding sugar mills
Apart from this, the rule of 15 km distance between two sugar mills will also be reviewed in the new proposal. In fact, under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, the government has decided that there should be a distance of at least 15 kilometers between any two sugar mills so that the supply of sugarcane remains equal in every mill and farmers do not have to run around a lot to sell their produce, but now this rule is being said to be removed considering it outdated. In such a situation, it is possible that the distance between sugar mills should be reduced, due to this more and more sugar mills will be established and there will be mutual competition among them.
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