date:Feb 15, 2019
India, which vies with Brazil as the top sugar producer, increased the minimum selling price of the sweetener by 6.9 percent to help mills pay farmers on time.
The factory-gate selling price for millers was raised to 31 rupees (0.44 cents) per kilogram from 29 rupees at present, according to a government notification on Thursday. The benchmark price is effective immediately, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said at a press conference in New Delhi.
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