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Triveni Group is one of the several sugar producers who got into bottling hand sanitisers using the ethyl alcohol produced in its factories to plug the acute shortage in the wake of the pandemic

Car companies are making ventilators, sugar mills and liquor producers are bottling hand sanitisers, apparel makers are diversifying into masks and protective clothing, drug and drone makers are witnessing a surge in demand. The war against Covid-19 is already a Rs 12,000 crore economy

A near ten-fold increase in demand for hand sanitisers since the outbreak of coronavirus in March has resulted in a shortage of the hygiene product in India

Agriculture, infrastructure, exports, financial services and taxation are some of the critical sectors that need immediate attention. The 2019 Budget needs to address these concerns

A glut has kept sugar prices low. The resulting arrears to farmers have become a headache for the government in an election year. Can it fix the problem?

The sugar industry is being weighted down by political considerations that primarily drive the sector.

Agribusiness companies recorded the highest gains in market cap, thanks to government policies. But the sector still faces challenges.

The Indian benchmark indices ended in the negative, dragged down mainly by Sun Pharma and Adani Ports.

After years of slump, sugar prices are rising. But government intervention may spoil the industry's party.

Shares of Federal Bank slipped nearly 15 per cent in trade on Wednesday after the company reported a whopping 32.88 per cent fall in its net profit.

Owing to falling sugar prices and a mismatch between its production cost and sale price, banks have been reluctant to lend to sugar companies.

Market analysts say among sugar companies, DCM Shriram Industries, KCP Sugar & Industries Corporation and Andhra Sugars can give good returns in the next 12-24 months.

One of the main reasons is the dominance of caste, religion and identity-based politics in the state. Muslims, for instance, have typically voted for Mulayam Singh Yadav's SP or the Congress while the backward castes have supported Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party BSP and the BJP has traditionally relied on the upper castes.

A delayed cane crushing season in Uttar Pradesh is hurting both the industry and farmers in the country's second-biggest sugar producing state. Successive state governments have largely ignored the economic rationale and steadily raised prices year after year.

First information reports (FIRs) have been filed against promoter-directors Tarun Sawhney of Triveni Engineering & Industries Limited which has sugar mills in Muzaffarnagar and Gautam Goel of Dhampur Sugar Mills Limited.

The first meeting between the promoters of top Uttar Pradesh sugar companies and Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday evening ended inconclusively.

The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has announced that the sugarcane price for the current year will remain unchanged at Rs 280 a quintal. It also said that mills will not be required to pay a Purchase Tax of Rs 2 on every quintal of sugarcane.

The UP government had directed mills to begin operations by November 25. However, the industry said that it cannot begin operations until the pricing of sugarcane is clear.