The top gainer among sugar stocks was Avadh Sugar and Energy which hit the upper circuit of 19.99% to 567.15 level on BSE today. The stock of sugar manufacturer Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar rose up to 19.95% to 10.22 level on the BSE.

The top gainer among sugar stocks was Avadh Sugar and Energy which hit the upper circuit of 19.99% to 472.65 level on BSE today. On Wednesday, the stock closed 6.47 per cent higher at Rs 393.90 on the BSE.

Agritech companies are revamping the farm-to-fork supply chain. The big gainers are farmers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said a new agriculture export policy will be unveiled soon to boost farm income as the government is on track to achieve the target of doubling farmers' income by 2022.

India's sugar stockpile is at a record high, after a good monsoon and a bumper crop in 2017/18.

Sugar sector is in a bear cycle. Wait for some more correction before bottom-fishing.

In its 28th meeting, the GST Council rationalised tax rates on consumer electronics among other items, while exempting sanitary napkins and small handicraft items from the ambit of the unified indirect tax regime.

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) had recommended Rs 20 per quintal hike in the FRP of sugarcane at Rs 275 per quintal for next season.

The GST Council had formed a GoM (Group of Ministers) in May to look into the into the food ministry's proposal for the creation of a corpus of Rs 6,700 crore through a levy of up to Rs 3 per kg on sugar over the existing GST of 5 per cent on the good.

The government's bailout package for sugarcane farmers is a disappointing short-term measure. It came right after the BJP's defeat in the Kairana Lok Sabha bypoll in Uttar Pradesh.

With the Cabinet approving the National Policy on Biofuels, there is renewed hope for a cleaner environment in the not-too-distant future.

Speculative buying pushed sugar prices by Rs 200 per quintal at wholesale market in national capital on Friday. According to reports, supply from sugar mills remained thin amid brisk demand.

Crisil states that the package will be enough to clear only 40 per cent of the Rs 22,000 crore cane price arrears sugar mills owe to sugar cane farmers.

The much anticipated government intervention meant to help sugar mills clear cane price arrears to the tune of Rs 22,000 crore has finally come.

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Singh said greater emphasis is being given to agricultural education, research and extension activities and extension of the facilities for irrigation, low-cost organic farming, crop insurance, national agricultural market, horticulture development and agro forestry remain focus areas.

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The government has also increased minimum selling price (ex-mill sale price) to Rs 29 per kg from Rs 25 per kg. The centre would create a buffer stock of 3 million tonnes of the excess sugar, and has allotted Rs 1,200 crore for this purpose.