Chandigarh, May 28- Haryana Government has released Rs. 350 crore to the cooperative sugar mills to provide major relief to sugarcane farmers. This amount will be used by Cooperative Sugarmills to pay the arrears of sugarcane for the crushing season 2018-19.
While giving this information, Minister of State for Co-operation, Mr Manish Grover said that out of total Rs 350 crore released for crushing season 2018-19, Rs 39 crore has been released to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Panipat, Rs 39.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Rohtak, Rs 26.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Karnal, Rs 35.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sonipat, Rs 38 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Shahabad and Rs 28 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Jind. Similarly, Rs 30.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Palwal, Rs 48 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Meham, Rs 36 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Kaithal and Rs 29 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Gohana.
He said that during the crushing season 2018-19, 355.17 lakh quintals of cane was purchased for Rs 1,206.22 crore. Till date, payments of Rs 1,098.38 crore had been made out of Rs 350 crore released by the government. He said that sugarmills would make the payment of outstanding dues in the next coming week.
He said that the interest of farmers is priority of the state government and it would ensure that no sugarcane farmer face any kind of difficulty.
