Incentives to sugar sector to facilitate payment of sugarcane dues
Incentives to sugar
sector to facilitate payment of sugarcane dues
The Central Government has fixed Fair & Remunerative Price of
sugarcane @ Rs. 230 per quintal for season 2015-16 at 9.5% recovery which
is the bench mark price to be paid to sugarcane farmers. However, farmers in
the States like U.P., Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Tamil Nadu are being
paid at State Advised Price (SAP) which is normally
higher than FRP. In order to facilitate sugar mills to clear cane price
arrears, Government has taken following measures:-
· Provided Incentive
for exporting raw sugar in sugar seasons 2013-14 and 2014-15.
· Fixed remunerative
prices for supplies of ethanol to OMCs for blending with petrol;
waived excise duty on ethanol supplies to OMCs during 2015-16 and scaled up of
blending targets from 5% to 10%.
· Extended loans with
interest subvention @ 10% p.a. for one year under Soft Loan Scheme 2015.
· Provided production
subsidy @ Rs. 4.50 per quintal to sugar mills to offset the cost of cane.
This information was given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in a written reply in Rajya
Sabha today.
The Minister said that as on 05.03.2016, the outstanding dues of
sugarcane growers against the sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh of 2015-16 and
2014-15 sugar season is as under:-
|
S.No.
|
Sugar season
|
Cane Price due in Rs. crore
|
|
1.
|
2015-16
|
Rs. 3375.78
|
|
2.
|
2014-15
|
Rs.406.41
|
Sector-wise number of installed and operational sugar mills in Uttar
Pradesh in 2015-16 is as under:-
|
Name of Sector
|
Number of mills installed
|
Number of mills in operation in
2015-16
|
|
PubliSector
|
14
|
01
|
|
Cooperative
|
28
|
23
|
|
Private
|
116
|
92
|
|
Total
|
158
|
116
|
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66.83 lakh MT excess stock of wheat sold by FCI in 2015-16
Food Corporation of India (FCI) sells foodgrains in the open market under Open Market Sale Scheme (Domestic) at predetermined reserve price through e-auctions from time to time. However, no target in terms of money realization has been fixed. FCI has been allowed to sell stock in excess of stocking norms on a regular basis in week/month. The details of quantity of wheat and rice sold and sales realization under this scheme during the financial year 2015-16 till end of February, 2016, are as under:-
|
Commodity
|
Wheat
|
Rice
|
Total
|
|
Quantity
sold (In lakh MTs)
|
66.83
|
0.92
|
67.75
|
|
Sales
Realisation (in crore Rs.)
|
10570.29
|
211.55
|
10781.84
|
This information was given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution,
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
The Minister said that under Open Market Sale Scheme, 42.37 Lakh MT wheat was sold in the
fiscal year 2014-15 and 66.83 lakh MT wheat has been sold in the fiscal year 2015-16 till end
of February, 2016.
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Steps to control the prices of
essential food items
The Government has taken a number of steps to control the prices of
essential food items. These includes:-
· Regular review
meetings on prices and availability trends are being held at the highest level.
· Higher MSP is
announce like cereals, pulses and oilseeds to incentivize production and
thereby enhance availability of essential food items which may also help
moderate prices.
· A Plan Scheme titled
Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) is being implemented to regulate price
volatility of agricultural commodities.
· Advisory are issued
to State Governments to take strict action against hoarding & black
marketing and effectively enforce the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 & the
Prevention of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential
Commodities Act, 1980.
· Export of onion is
being regulated through effective imposition of Minimum Export Price from time
to time depending upon exigencies.
· The stock limits in
respect of onion have been extended by up to 2nd July, 2016 and
that of pulses up to 30.9.2016.
· Procurement of 15000
MT of onion by SFAC and NAFED for market intervention during lean period has
been approved.
· Export of all pulses
is banned except kabuli channa and up to 10,000 MTs in organic pulses and
lentils.
· Import of onion and
pulses are allowed at zero import duty.
· Government has
approved creation of buffer stock of 1.5 lakh MT of pulses for effective market
intervention in future.
This information was given by the Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and
Public Distribution, Shri Ram Vilas Paswan in a written reply in Rajya
Sabha today.
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