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  Cabinet approves Rs 5,500 crore package to sugar industry

  Business | September 26, 2018 15:58 IST

  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the food ministry's proposal that seeks to address the surplus domestic stock of sugar and help mills in clearing huge cane arrears.

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  Ethanol price hiked, MoU between India, Germany in civil aviation: List of major decisions in Cabinet meeting

  Business | June 27, 2018 15:39 IST

  The sugar industry and even NCP supremo Sharad Pawar had demanded a higher ethanol price to improve the liquidity of cash-starved mills and enable them clear cane arrears that have crossed Rs 22,000 crore.

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  No special package to revive sick sugar mills: Minister

  December 17, 2014 7:35 IST

  New Delhi: The government has said it was not considering any special economic package for reviving sick sugar mills in the country."No special economic package for revival of sick sugar mills is under consideration of

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  Andhra govt to set up panel to study woes of sugar industry

  India | September 09, 2014 19:55 IST

  Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today said that an expert committee, comprising experts from agriculture and other sectors, would be constituted to study the woes of the workers and management of sugarcane

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  PM panel okays Rs 7,200 cr interest-free loans to sugar mills

  December 06, 2013 20:42 IST

  New Delhi: A ministerial panel set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday recommended a bailout package for the sugar industry that includes Rs 7,200 crore of interest-free bank loans to pay dues to sugarcane

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  Sugar industry decontrolled

  April 05, 2013 10:26 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 4:  The Indian government Thursday decided to decontrol the Rs.80,000 crore (around $15.5 billion) sugar industry in line with the suggestions of a panel headed by C. Rangarajan, the chairman of the