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Sugarcane price impasse: CM intervenes, farmers hold to Rs 5,500 per tonne
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Farmers want Rs 5,500 a tonne: who actually fixes cane price, FRP or the state?
Sugar mills-farmers impasse eased in Karnataka; farmers demand Rs 5,500 per tonne.
Why it matters: asked in UPSC 2015; Karnataka-specific
What you need to know
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The Chief Minister has broken the impasse between sugar factories and farmers, while farmers remained firm on their demand of Rs 5,500 per tonne.
Sugarcane prices are guided by the Centre's Fair and Remunerative Price, under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, with states sometimes fixing an advised price.
Dues, recovery rates and mill finances drive recurring disputes.
સ્રોત: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
મુખ્ય તથ્યો
Remember these
- Karnataka farmers demand Rs 5,500 per tonne of sugarcane; the Chief Minister has eased the mills-farmers impasse
- The Centre announces the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane
- FRP is fixed under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, issued under the Essential Commodities Act
- Some states fix a State Advised Price (SAP) over and above FRP
- Recurring disputes arise from payment dues, recovery rates and mill finances
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How the exam will ask it
પ્રિલિમ્સ
- The Fair and Remunerative Price of sugarcane is announced by the Central Government under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966.
- Some states announce a State Advised Price for sugarcane, which can be higher than the FRP.
- The sugar recovery rate (sugar obtained per quintal of cane) influences the cane price payable by mills.
મેઇન્સ
GS3 (Agriculture: pricing and support). Cane pricing runs on the Centre's FRP under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, with states adding an advised price, so recurring mill-farmer disputes over dues and recovery rates strain both farmer incomes and mill viability. A transparent, recovery-linked price formula with revenue sharing, timely payment of dues and crop diversification is the way forward.
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The Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane is approved by the
- Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
- Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
- Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture
- Agricultural Produce Market Committee
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