JALANDHAR: Almost every week after the cooperative sugar generators began functioning, Punjab Private Sugar Mills Association has mentioned its participants couldn’t get started crushing until the state government paid the difference quantity between truthful and remunerative value (FRP) and state assured value (SAP), which is Rs 35 per quintal this year.
“We can best pay the FRP of Rs 275 per quintal announced via the Union government as sugar costs are already soaring around Rs three,000 per quintal. With an extra Rs 35 per quintal, the cost of production increases the wholesale sugar costs and it makes sugar production unviable,” mentioned affiliation president Jarnail Singh Wahid while talking to TOI on Thursday. Millers had met earlier to arrive at a call on this regard.
“We are difficult that state government should pay the difference quantity of FRP and SAP of ultimate year additionally, as we're already going through losses,” he mentioned.
“On Thursday two co-operative generators bought sugar at around Rs 2,900 per quintal and this decreasing of sugar value decreases the space between cost of production and full sale costs and would upload to the losses,” mentioned mill proprietor Rana Inder Partap Singh.
This call for comes after Punjab leader minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday requested the cooperative division to do so towards millers if they don't pay the pending dues of Rs 200 crore to the farmers. Cooperative generators have not begun to pay just about Rs 192 crore of the ultimate year.
Area below cane larger this space and, consistent with cane growers, the past due starting of crushing would result in numerous injury to them, because the generators would now not be capable to complete crushing till April subsequent year. In the summer slicing and loading of cane becomes very tough, they added.
Out of the overall 16 sugar generators, seven are private they usually overwhelm around 70% of the cane in the state.
“We can best pay the FRP of Rs 275 per quintal announced via the Union government as sugar costs are already soaring around Rs three,000 per quintal. With an extra Rs 35 per quintal, the cost of production increases the wholesale sugar costs and it makes sugar production unviable,” mentioned affiliation president Jarnail Singh Wahid while talking to TOI on Thursday. Millers had met earlier to arrive at a call on this regard.
“We are difficult that state government should pay the difference quantity of FRP and SAP of ultimate year additionally, as we're already going through losses,” he mentioned.
“On Thursday two co-operative generators bought sugar at around Rs 2,900 per quintal and this decreasing of sugar value decreases the space between cost of production and full sale costs and would upload to the losses,” mentioned mill proprietor Rana Inder Partap Singh.
This call for comes after Punjab leader minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday requested the cooperative division to do so towards millers if they don't pay the pending dues of Rs 200 crore to the farmers. Cooperative generators have not begun to pay just about Rs 192 crore of the ultimate year.
Area below cane larger this space and, consistent with cane growers, the past due starting of crushing would result in numerous injury to them, because the generators would now not be capable to complete crushing till April subsequent year. In the summer slicing and loading of cane becomes very tough, they added.
Out of the overall 16 sugar generators, seven are private they usually overwhelm around 70% of the cane in the state.
Private millers: Can’t start crushing unless government pays FRP and SAP difference amount
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