In a relief to sugarcane farmers, Haryana Government has released Rs 350 crore to the cooperative sugar mills.
“This amount will be used by cooperative sugarmills to pay the arrears to sugarcane growers for the crushing season 2018-19,” said Haryana Minister of State for Co-operation, Manish Grover.
He said that out of total Rs 350 crore released for crushing season 2018-19, Rs 39 crore has been released to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Panipat, Rs 39.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills Rohtak, Rs 26.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills Karnal, Rs 35.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Sonipat, Rs 38 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills Shahabad and Rs 28 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Jind.
Similarly, Rs 30.50 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Palwal, Rs 48 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Meham, Rs 36 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Kaithal and Rs 29 crore to Cooperative Sugar Mills, Gohana, the Minister said.
Grover said that during the crushing season 2018-19, 355.17 lakh quintals of cane was purchased for Rs 1,206.22 crore. Till date, payments of Rs 1,098.38 crore had been made.