To ensure that farmers’ livelihood is not hit during the second wave of the pandemic, IT firm HCL Technologies has decided to donate quality seeds to 20,000 farmers in Hardoi and Lucknow districts of Uttar Pradesh, ahead of kharif sowing. This initiative is being undertaken as part of HCL Samuday, a flagship programme of HCL Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HCL Technologies. Apart from seeds, the […]
Uttar Pradesh has recently cancelled winning bids for 184 megawatts (MW) of solar energy discovered through auctions in February 2020. It is the latest state to rescind winning bids. The Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency (UPNEDA) in fact issued letters informing cancellation to NV Vogt Singapore Private Ltd, Al-Jomaih-Jakson Power Private Ltd, Vijay […]
Keeping the Covid situation in view, the Uttar Pradesh government has decided not to increase electricity tariffs in the state. In a meeting with key officials, chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed them to ensure that there is no increase in electricity prices this year. While the Chief Minister has approved no tariff hikes this year, the final decision however, rests […]
As sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh reach the end of the crushing season, the state’s 120-odd sugar mills have so far produced 110 lakh tonnes, approximately 12 per cent less than last year’s production of 126 lakh tonnes, reports Financial Express. Of the 120 sugar mills in operation, 110 have shut shop while the remaining […]
Sugar mills across the country have together produced 299.15 lakh tonnes of sugar till 30 April this year, against 258.09 lakh tonnes produced at the same time last year, an increase of nearly 16%, industry body ISMA (Indian Sugar Mills Association) said. Releasing the production figures, ISMA said mills in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has procured 5.24 lakh tonnes of wheat in the first 22 days of the ongoing rabi marketing year, which began on April 1 this year. This is about four times the procurement done in the year-ago period. According to state government officials, in the 2020-21 season, 1.25 lakh tonnes of wheat […]
While the state government of Maharashtra is yet to decide over the demand from the state’s sugar industry to grant mills a transport subsidy of Rs 1,500 per tonne for sales outside its borders, the sugar industry in Uttar Pradesh has said seeking transport subsidy amounts to protectionism, and that such a decision has the […]
Sugar millers from Maharashtra are asking for subsidy of Rs 150 per quintal on domestic sale of sugar so that they are able to compete with mills from Uttar Pradesh. The decision was taken at a meeting of sugar millers and stakeholders called by Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar to discuss issues related to […]
India’s sugar production rose by 20 per cent to 258.68 lakh tonnes till 15 March, 2021 on higher cane production, industry body ISMA said. The production in the corresponding period in the previous marketing year stood at 216.13 lakh tonnes. Till 28 February, 2021, the government had estimated the sugar mills production of sugar at […]
Private-sector National Collateral Management Services (NCML) announced that it has achieved 10,000 tonnes of auction quantity under its Surakshit Mandi Project for which the value of the commodity is more than Rs 10 crore. NCML is a post-harvest agriculture management company. NCML now aims to focus on wheat and maize for the upcoming Rabi season […]
