Chandigarh, Nov 3 – In yet another major farmer friendly decision, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupinder Singh Hooda today announced to increase the State Advisory Price (SAP) for sugarcane. The State Government is already giving the highest price for sugarcane to the farmers.
Announcing a major increase with respect to the rates of previous year, Mr. Hooda said that the new SAP for the early variety of sugarcane would be Rs. 220 per quintal, whereas for middle and late varieties, it would be Rs. 215 and Rs. 210 per quintal respectively. Last year, it was Rs. 185, Rs. 180 and Rs. 175 per quintal for early, middle and late verities of sugarcane. With this announcement, the government has further increased the price of three varieties at the rate of Rs. 10 per quintal with respect to the advance prices announced earlier for this year.
The Chief Minister, who made this announcement at a press conference here today, said in reply to a query that the prices would be applicable to the cooperative sugar mills in the State. The private sugar mills of the State had also agreed to give the prices announced by the Sugarcane Advisory Board. They may give even more, he added. In reply to another question regarding the de-zoning of sugarcane, he said that some changes are made as per the demands by the villages. He said that the sugar cane production would be increased.