date:May 13, 2014
er cent of the intended loans have been received by the mills, delaying clearance of arrears of farmers.
The raw sugar production incentive and exports thereof has also not given the desired benefits to the millers and the farmers, when against the targeted export of 4 million tonnes, only about 300,000 tonnes to 400,000 tonnes has got exported.
During the period, Maharashtra produced 7.65 million tonnes of sugar after crushing 67.1 million tonnes of sugar with 11.4% of sugar recovery. As on A