CM Bhagwant Mann’s gift to farmers, sugarcane price increased by ₹ 10 per quintal

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Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Monday announced an increase of Rs 10 in the state support price of sugarcane. After this, now farmers in Punjab will get the price of their produce at Rs 401 per quintal. The Chief Minister said that now farmers in the state will get the highest price in the entire country. Last year also the Mann government had announced increase in the prices of sugarcane.

In a statement, the Chief Minister said that the price of sugarcane in Punjab has been increased by Rs 10 from Rs 391 per quintal to Rs 401 per quintal. The Punjab government is always committed to the welfare of its farmers. In the statement, the Chief Minister claimed that Punjab is getting the highest price of sugarcane in the entire country, due to which the farmers of the state are benefiting.

Sugarcane prices in other states

If we talk about states other than Punjab, this year the State Support Price (SAP) of sugarcane has been fixed at Rs 400 per quintal in Punjab’s neighboring state Haryana. At the same time, the Central Government has set the Minimum Support Price (FRP) of sugarcane at Rs 340 per quintal, which means that private mills cannot buy sugarcane from farmers at a price less than Rs 340 per quintal. The Central Government determines the FRP of sugarcane every year. Whereas in Uttar Pradesh it is Rs 340-360 per quintal. The price of sugarcane in Bihar is Rs 300-360 per quintal.

A total of 16 sugar mills were found in Punjab

In December last year, accepting the demand of farmers, Chief Minister Mann had increased the prices of sugarcane. Then while talking to the media, he had told that there are a total of 16 sugar mills in Punjab, out of which 9 are government and 7 are private.

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