Tuesday, Nov 19
NEW DELHI – Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari today allowed sugar mills in the state to start crushing operations for 2019-20 (Oct-Sep) from Friday, state's Sugar Commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad said.
While the sugar commissionerate had recommended Nov 25 as the date for start of crushing cane, Shetkari Sahakari Sangh had requested for a date before that, Gaikwad said.
"…because Gujarat and Karnataka have started making sugar and they (Shetkari Sahakari Sangh) feel that labourers would be sitting idle," Gaikwad said.
Traditionally, a ministerial committee headed by the chief minister consults the sugar commissionerate and the industry in September and decide on a date from when mills can start operations, which is usually after Diwali.
The process was delayed this season as a government could not be formed in the state after the recent elections threw a hung assembly. The state is currently under the President's Rule.
Of the total 195 mills in the state, only 105 mills have issued licences to crush cane so far.
The state is likely to produce less sugar this season due to low availability of cane following drought last year and heavy rainfall in late July and October this year. This is also likely to reduce cane crushing duration to 70-80 days against the usual of 140-150 days.
Production of sugar in Maharashtra is seen falling to 5.8 mln tn from 10.7 mln tn in the last season.
http://www.cogencis.com/newssection/maharashtra-allows-sugar-mills-to-start-crushing-cane-from-fri/
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