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Sugarcane price fixed at Rs 3,300 per tonne, announces CM Siddaramaiah
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....ugarcane price fixed at Rs 3,300 per tonne, announces CM Siddaramaiah<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 7-11-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Bengaluru, Nov 7 (PTI) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday made an announcement fixing procurement price of sugarcane, yielding 11.25 per cent recovery, at Rs 3,300 per tonne in response to the ongoing farmers protest in northern districts seeking fair price for their produc....
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....e. The CM also appealed to protesting sugarcane farmers to cooperate accepting the revised price, and withdraw the agitation. Sugarcane farmers' protest at Gurlapur Cross in Mudalagi taluk of Belagavi district demanding a procurement price of Rs 3,500 per tonne of sugarcane, excluding harvesting and transport charges (H&T), entered ninth day on Friday. It has also spread across various parts of ....
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....north Karnataka districts like Belagavi, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Haveri among others. With the protest intensifying, CM Siddaramaiah called for a meeting with farmers' leaders and representatives of sugar factories on Friday. "The Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Superintendent of Police (SP) of Belagavi district during their talks with protesting farmers recently had offered Rs 3,100 per tonne for s....
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....ugarcane yielding a recovery of 10.25 per cent, and Rs 3,200 per tonne for recovery of 11.25 per cent," Siddaramaiah said. Speaking to reporters here, after nearly seven hours long talks, along with his senior cabinet colleagues, he said, "As the protest has continued despite this offer. Today, we have taken a decision to pay Rs 50 from the factory owners side and Rs 50 from the government side i....
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....n addition. That means to say Rs 100 in total will be paid in addition to what DC had offered to the farmers, per tonne." The CM said, the price fixed is excluding harvesting and transport charges (H&T). Factories have been asked to pay Rs 3,200 per tonne in one instalment to farmers, and Rs 50 subsequently, he said, "With the government giving Rs 50 per tonne, it may cost about Rs 300 crore to ....
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....it." According to officials, as yield recovery varies from district to district, the price too will vary, but Rs 100 per tonne additional payment will remain constant. The details will be mentioned in the Government Order that will be issued. When asked whether the farmers are satisfied, the CM said, "I hope so....I appeal to them to withdraw their protest by accepting the new price." Most of t....
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....he sugar factory owners have agreed to the price decided, he said, "some of them had some reservation . I have asked them to cooperate to help the farmers in distress." There were scenes of celebration following chief minister's announcement, at the protest site at Gurlapur Cross in Belagavi, by bursting crackers. Expressing happiness and satisfaction, farmers' leader Chunappa Pujari however sai....
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....d, "a formal response will be shared after discussing with the farmers and taking their opinion. The sugar minister and district administration officials should formally communicate to us the government decision, along with some assurances. Till then the farmers will be at the protest site." Noting that sugar factory owners have shared some of their issues, the CM said he has assured them that he....
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.... will be calling a meeting in this regard. Issues relating Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) formula, the stagnating Minimum Support Price (MSP) for sugar, export curbs and the under-utilised ethanol offtake from sugar-based feedstock, has to be addressed by the central government, he said. He also said that he will lead a delegation of sugar factory owners, Members of Parliament from all partie....
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....s to meet the prime minister and concerned Union minister in this regard, to put pressure on them. There are 81 sugar factories in the state, out of them 11 are cooperative and one is government owned. Last year, 5.6 crore metric tonnes of sugarcane was produced in the state, and it is estimated that 6 crore metric tonnes of sugarcane will be produced this year. PTI KSU ADB<BR> News - Press relea....
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