<h1>Union backs ethanol expansion and flood relief; levy on sugar mills to fund farmer aid faces legal and political challenges</h1> Union statements endorse government support for ethanol expansion and disaster relief, noting a central allocation of Rs 10,000 crore to promote ethanol and NCDC loan preferences for cooperative mills upgrading to multi-feed ethanol capacity. Administrative relief measures for flood-affected farmers include direct cash and foodgrain aid, suspension of loan recovery, eased e-KYC, tax and fee relief, and prior central disbursements. A state levy on sugar mills per tonne to fund a relief corpus and farmer assistance may prompt legal or political challenges over authority to impose levies, allocation from mill profits versus farmer receipts, and compliance with cooperative and agricultural statutes.