UP farmers want Rs 160 a quintal for cane, industry offers Rs 112
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14/10/2008
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Business Standard (New Delhi)
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow October 14, 2008, 0:29 IST
With the 2008-09 crushing season to start within a month, the farmers and the sugar industry are squabbling on the contentious sugarcane price in Uttar Pradesh.
While the farmers want the cane price to be Rs 160 per quintal, the industry wants the State Advised Price (SAP) to be Rs 112.
The core committee on Fixation of SAP for 2008-09, headed by state chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta, held a meeting in Lucknow recently to discuss the issue.
It was attended by the principal secretaries of the state