Sugarcane price arrears for sugar season 2015-16 have come down to Rs. 6,225 crore, a government statement said.
As on 8.06.2016, about 87 percent cane dues have been paid for the season, it said, adding that during the corresponding period of last year these dues stood at Rs. 19,437 crore.
State wise cane price arrears for sugar season 2015-16 are as follows:-
| Name of State | Dues at FRP (in Rs crore) |
| Bihar | 14 |
| Punjab | 28 |
| Uttrakhand | 198 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2428 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 181 |
| Telangana | 99 |
| Gujarat | 255 |
| Maharashtra | 883 |
| Karnataka | 1325 |
| Tamil Nadu | 610 |
| Puducherry | 11 |
| Chhattisgarh | 15 |
| Odisha | 32 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 16 |
| Goa | 1 |
| Total dues | 6225 |
