Chandigarh, January 25- Under the efficient leadership of Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, Haryana is constantly striving for the upliftment of the farmers. Whether it is about giving compensation for crop loss or providing fair prices for the crops, the government always stands shoulder to shoulder-with the farmers.
While reiterating this commitment, the ‘Manohar Sarkar’ has increased the State Advised Price (SAP) of sugarcane from Rs. 362 per quintal to Rs.372 per quintal for the crushing season 2022-23. The farmers are very happy with this decision of the government and have expressed gratitude to Chief Minister for this hike.
Sh. Manohar Lal said that the State Government has always been giving the highest SAP to sugarcane farmers. In the year 2019-20, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana was Rs 340, while during the same period, Punjab was giving Rs 310 per quintal, Uttar Pradesh was giving Rs 325 and Uttarakhand was giving Rs 326.
Whereas in the year 2020-21, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana was Rs 350 while in Punjab it was Rs 310, Rs 325 in Uttar Pradesh and Rs 326 in Uttarakhand.
Similarly, the SAP of sugarcane in the state was fixed at Rs 362 in 2021-22. During this period, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana's neighbouring State Punjab was Rs 360, Rs 350 in Uttar Pradesh and Rs 355 per quintal in Uttarakhand.
Haryana is ahead of other states even in terms of paying the price of sugarcane to the sugar mills. In the year 2020-21, Haryana has cleared the entire payment of sugar mills, while Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are yet to clear the same.
Similarly, the payment for 2021-22 has also been cleared by Haryana, now only the PDC payment is remaining which is Rs 17.94 crore while Punjab has a liability of Rs 37.04 crore in this crushing season, informed Sh. Manohar Lal.
He said that the state government is constantly working to encourage sugarcane farmers and strengthen cooperative sugar mills. Steps are being taken to diversify all the Co-Operative Sugar Mills by installing Ethanol Plants, Power Co-generation in sugar mills for commercial use of Bio-products like molasses, bagasse, press mud etc.
Some important facts about Haryana
• Haryana has always given the highest SAP in the country. In the year 2019-20, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana was Rs 340, while during the same period, Punjab was giving Rs 310 per quintal, Uttar Pradesh was giving Rs 325 and Uttarakhand was giving Rs 326.
• In the year 2020-21, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana was Rs 350 while in Punjab it was Rs 310, Rs 325 in Uttar Pradesh and Rs 326 in Uttarakhand.
• In the year 2021-22, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana was fixed at Rs 362. During this period, the SAP of sugarcane in Haryana's neighbouring State Punjab was Rs 360, Rs 350 in Uttar Pradesh and Rs 355 per quintal in Uttarakhand.
• The price of sugarcane has been increased from Rs. 362 per quintal to Rs.372 per quintal for the crushing season 2022-23.
• Haryana is ahead of other states even in terms of paying the price of sugarcane. In the year 2020-21, Haryana has cleared the entire payment of sugar mills, while Punjab and Uttar Pradesh are yet to clear the same. Similarly, the payment for 2021-22 has also been cleared by Haryana, now only the PDC payment is remaining which is Rs 17.94 crore while Punjab has a liability of Rs 37.04 crore in this crushing season.
• Average cost of sugar production is Rs. 4341 per quintal which is much higher than the selling price of sugar i.e. Rs. 3400 per quintal (approx.).
• Rs. 1005 crore was provided as loan to the Co-Operative Sugar Mills and Rs. 329 crore was given as subsidy to all Co-Operative and Private Sugar Mills in last two years i.e. 2020-21, 2021-22 as financial assistance.