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Saurabh Sharma
UP Elections: Contaminated Water, Allegedly Due to a Sugar Mill, Causing Health Issues in a Lakhimpur Kheri Village
17 Feb 2022
Life in Dharora village in the Lakhimpur Kheri district has been pushed back due to contaminated water, allegedly due to a sugar mill. Not only the villagers are facing severe health issues, no one…
Damayantee Dhar
Sugarcane Workers of Gujarat District Trapped in Spiral of Debt
03 Sep 2021
Sugarcane harvesters of Dang are neither recognised as workers by mill owners nor considered as agrarian labourers.
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MSP, Debt Crisis: Why Farmers in Western UP Are Protesting Against Farm Laws
30 Nov 2020
With the latest farm laws advising contract farming, the farmers believe that it would altogether deprive them from their most prized possession, land.
Amey Tirodkar
Miffed over Prices and Dues, Maharashtra Cane Farmers to Not Allow Mills to Work in Crushing Season
03 Nov 2020
Increase in FRP, crop loss compensation and other demands have been put forth by farmer bodies and a nationwide protest will take place on November 5.
Amey Tirodkar
Crisis Looms for Maharashtra’s Sugar Industry with Cutters Mulling Strike
01 Oct 2020
The cutters are planning a strike to demand an increase in wages as well as other facilities ahead of the next session of the state assembly.
Rabindra Nath Sinha
COVID-19 Impact on Sugarcane Production, Maharashtra May Face Labour Scarcity for Harvesting
21 Aug 2020
In Maharashtra and Karnataka, the second and third largest producer of sugar in the country, production is set to see an estimated increase upto 60% and 40%, respectively.
Abdul Alim Jafri
Unable to Get a Procurement Slip, Sugar Cane Farmer Commits Suicide in Muzaffarnagar
05 Jun 2020
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Naresh Tikait said that farmers have been facing financial difficulties and not getting a proper price for their produce due to the lockdown.
Amey Tirodkar
No Faith in Promises, Say Seasonal Migrant Sugarcane Cutters of Maharashtra
31 Jan 2020
According to the government data, almost six lakh cutters migrate to Western Maharashtra, North Maharashtra and even North Karnataka, looking for work. They have to cope with a number of difficulties…
Abdul Alim Jafri
Sugarcane Juice: UP Govt’s Solution for Arrears Worth Rs 19,000 Crore?
27 Jun 2019
To start the sugarcane juice business, the government has said that they will provide a loan worth between Rs 50,000 to Rs 15,00,000 under Mudra Yojana.
Neelambaran A
Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Associations Accuse Sugar Mill Owner of Tricking Farmers
22 Jun 2019
The sugarcane farmers allege that the owner of sugar mills has taken loans in the name of more than two thousand farmers amounting to Rs.300 crore from nationalised banks.