Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government has declared a State Advised Price (SAP) of various sugarcane species purchased by all sugar mills for the crushing season 2019-20. However, there has been no change in the state advised price. While raising the issue, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has questioned the state government and termed it as anti-farmer. She has tweeted that the UP government has not listened to the farmers even in the sugarcane rate.
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According to sources, Priyanka tweeted that the Uttar Pradesh government did not listen to the farmer even in the sugarcane rate. Farmers' organizations were demanding Rs 400 per quintal for sugarcane. The UP government did not raise a single rupee from the previous rate. Thousands of crores of sugarcane payments are due from farmers. The BJP government is completely anti-farmer. The Uttar Pradesh government did not listen to the farmer even in the sugarcane rate. Farmers' organizations were demanding Rs 400 / quintal for sugarcane. The UP government did not raise even one rupee from the previous rate.
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Thousands of crores of sugarcane payments are due from the farmers. The BJP government is completely anti-farmer: According to the mandate issued by the Department of Sugar Industry, SAP has been declared as Rs 325 for the lead species of sugarcane and Rs 315 per quintal for the common species. SAP for unsuitable species has been fixed at Rs 310 per quintal. Sugar mills will pay the sugarcane price outright to the farmers as per SAP. Sugar mills will have to pay the price of sugarcane supplied at outside purchasing centers. For the crushing season 2019-20, sugar mills will have to pay contribution at the rate of Rs 5.50 per quintal to the sugarcane committees and the sugarcane development councils.
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