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New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired through Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday licensed an building up within the honest and remunerative worth (FRP) of sugarcane to Rs 355 in line with quintal for a fundamental restoration fee of 10.25 in line with cent for the 2025-26 sugar season (October-September) protecting the passion of farmers in thoughts, in step with a cupboard communication.
The FRP for the sugar season 2025-26 is 4.41 in line with cent upper than the present sugar season 2024-25. It additionally supplies for a top class of Rs 3.46 in line with quintal for every 0.1 in line with cent building up in restoration over and above 10.25 in line with cent, and aid in FRP through Rs 3.46 a quintal for each 0.1 in line with cent lower in restoration.
However, the federal government, with a view to give protection to the passion of sugarcane farmers, has additionally made up our minds that there is probably not any deduction in case of sugar turbines the place restoration is underneath 9.5 in line with cent. Such farmers gets Rs 329.05 in line with quintal (qtl) for sugarcane within the resulting sugar season 2025-26, the remark defined.
The price of manufacturing (A2+FL) of sugarcane for the sugar season 2025-26 is Rs173/qtl. This FRP of Rs 355/qtl at a restoration fee of 10.25 in line with cent is upper through 105.2 in line with cent over manufacturing price.
The FRP licensed will probably be acceptable for acquire of sugarcane through turbines from the farmers within the sugar season 2025-26 beginning with impact from October 1, 2025. The sugar sector is crucial agro-based sector that affects the livelihood of about 5 crore sugarcane farmers and their dependents and round 5 lakh staff immediately hired in sugar turbines, with the exception of the ones hired in more than a few ancillary actions together with farm labour and transportation.
The FRP has been decided at the foundation of suggestions of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and after session with state governments and different stake-holders.
In the former sugar season 2023-24, out of cane dues payable of Rs 1,11,782 crore, about Rs 1,11,703 crore of cane dues were paid to farmers, as on April 28 this yr, this means that that 99.92 in line with cent cane dues were cleared.
In the present sugar season for 2024-25, out of the cane dues payable of Rs 97,270 crore, about Rs 85,094 crores were paid to farmers, as on April 28, which quantities to 87 in line with cent of the cane dues being cleared.
