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Cabinet approves Fair and Remunerative Price of Rs.365/qtl for Sugarcane Farmers for season 2026-27
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....abinet approves Fair and Remunerative Price of Rs.365/qtl for Sugarcane Farmers for season 2026-27<BR>News and Press Release<BR>Dated:- 6-5-2026<BR><BR>Decision will benefit 5 crore sugarcane farmers as well as 5 lakh workers employed in the sugar mills and related ancillary activities Keeping in view interest of sugarcane farmers (Ganna Kisan), the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired....
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.... by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane for Sugar Season 2026-27 (October - September) at Rs.365/qtl for a basic recovery rate of 10.25%, providing a premium of Rs.3.56/qtl for each 0.1% increase in recovery over and above 10.25%, & reduction in FRP by Rs.3.56/qtl for each 0.1% decrease in recovery. The Government with a view to prot....
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....ect interest of sugarcane farmers has also decided that there shall not be any deduction in case of sugar mills where recovery is below 9.5%. Such farmers will get Rs.338.3/qtl for sugarcane in ensuing sugar season 2026-27. The cost of production (A2 +FL) of sugarcane for the Sugar Season 2026-27 is Rs.182/qtl. This FRP of Rs.365/qtl at a recovery rate of 10.25% is higher by 100.5% over product....
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....ion cost. The FRP for Sugar Season 2026-27 is 2.81% higher than current Sugar Season 2025-26. The FRP approved shall be applicable for purchase of sugarcane from the farmers in the Sugar Season 2026-27 (starting w.e.f. 1^st October, 2026) by sugar mills. The sugar sector is an important agro-based sector that impacts the livelihood of about 5 crore sugarcane farmers and their dependents and aro....
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....und 5 lakh workers directly employed in sugar mills, apart from those employed in various ancillary activities including farm labour and transportation. Background: The FRP has been determined on the basis of recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and after consultation with State Governments and other stake-holders. In the previous Sugar Season 2024-25, ou....
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....t of cane dues payable of Rs.1,02,687 crore about Rs.1,02,209 crore cane dues have been paid to farmers, as on 20.04.2026; thus, about 99.5% cane dues have been cleared. In the current Sugar Season 2025-26, out of cane dues payable of Rs.1,12,740 crore about Rs.99,961 crore cane dues have been paid to farmers, as on 20.04.2026; thus, about 88.6% cane dues have been cleared. =============<BR> Ne....
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