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TNSF demands for increase of price per tonne for sugarcane
Madurai, Feb 6 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Farmers''Association (TNSFA) today demanded that the governmentincrease the price per tonne of sugarcane to Rs 3,000, besidesdirecting sugar mills to bear the cutting charges.
N Palanisamy, TNSFA President, told reporters that thepresent price offered by the government -- Rs 1,900 per tonneof sugarcane -- was not enough as the cultivation charges wereexhorbitant.
Stating that as many as 18 public sector and cooperativesugar mills in Tamil Nadu had incurred a total loss of morethan Rs 1,600 crore in the past few years, Palanisamy said themills should be managed by the experts in the field.
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Story first published: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 16:45 [IST]