FRP: No permission to defaulter mills in Maharashtra to start crushing season

Maharashtra Sugar Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad reiterated that sugar mills that have unsuccessful to fork out FRP to farmers will not get authorization to start out the sugarcane crushing year. The choice could possibly have an impact on total sugarcane crushing in the State.

Speaking at a the latest assembly organised by the State Cooperative Minister Balasaheb Patil in Mumbai Gaikwad said, “Permissions to start out sugar mills will not be offered until the FRP amount is cleared. This has a beneficial effects as sugarcane producers are receiving their dues. In the next several times, a lot more mills are readying to fork out FRP.”

Minister Patil said that sugar mills have to officially announce the price they are going to fork out sugarcane farmers so that farmers are not deceived and duped.

As per the Sugar Commissioner office environment knowledge as of Oct fifteen, 2021 about 36 mills have to fork out ₹244.81 crore pending FRP to farmers and the Commissioner Workplace has previously slapped RRC see to 33 mills. The total FRP pending is about ₹321.41 crore.