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Ethanol or a supply crunch? What’s behind the sudden rush in India’s sugar prices

Retail prices crossed Rs 63 a kg amid lower production, festive demand & speculative buying. Some blamed govt’s E20 push, claiming it forced mills to divert sugarcane, causing sugar shortage.

Sugar mills, Pawars, petitions, ED & EOW probe—the many twists & turns in Rs 25,000 crore MSCB ‘scam’

As a special court accepted closure report filed by Economic Offences Wing, it weakens Enforcement Directorate's parallel money-laundering probe against big names in Maharashtra.

Why Ajit Pawar returned to cooperative politics, making a routine sugar mill poll a high-stakes battle

The poll this time was a high-decibel, high stakes quadrangular contest, between two panels backed by two Pawars, their traditional rival Taware and a panel of Independents.

Sugar mills ship out entire quota of 6.1 million tonnes amid surging demand

Production is likely to fall to 32.8 million tonnes in the current year, from a record 35.8 million tonnes in the previous season.

Sugar output drops 5.4% y/y as mills close early due to limited availability of sugar cane

Out of 532 mills that started operations in current season, 400 mills closed operations, including all mills from Maharashtra, Indian Sugar Mills Association said in statement.

Heavy rains spoil Indian sugar mills’ export plans, raw sugar faces global market pushback

Maharashtra and Karnataka, the country's biggest and the third-biggest sugar producing states, have had heavy rains pushing back harvests by a fortnight.

UP govt in ‘wilful disobedience’, farmers can’t wait years for sugarcane dues: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has said the UP government has defied its 2017 order to fix interest for mills to pay farmers for late payment of dues.

Why Indian mills want people to eat more sugar despite being world’s largest consumers

Indian sugar mills are eyeing increased consumption to cut chronic oversupply, which stems partly from favourable incentives provided to growers.

India to miss sugar export target as lockdown disrupts ports

India won’t be able to ship 5 million tons in the year to September, as expected earlier, because of a shortage of labor at ports and mills.

Booze will hurt India’s bid to increase ethanol content in petrol

UP govt order to sugar mills to provide molasses to alcoholic drinks manufacturers at rates well below market levels means less is available to turn into ethanol.

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Ethanol or a supply crunch? What’s behind the sudden rush in India’s sugar prices

Retail prices crossed Rs 63 a kg amid lower production, festive demand & speculative buying. Some blamed govt’s E20 push, claiming it forced mills to divert sugarcane, causing sugar shortage.

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