3 million tonne drop in sugar production, farmers' pay hit
Mumbai, March 18 -- The sugar industry in Maharashtra is in the throes of a crisis as annual production has dropped by around 3 million tonnes this year compared to last year and sugar factories are finding it increasingly difficult to pay fair and remunerative prices (FRP) to cane farmers, Sanjay Khatal, managing director of Maharashtra State Co-Operative Sugar Factories Federation Ltd told Hindustan Times....
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