Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will meet and interact with a delegation of about 150 sugarcane farmers at Lok Kalyan Marg on June 29, 2018. The delegation will consist of farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The Union Government’s interventions and initiatives taken for the sugarcane sector are likely to come up for discussion during the meeting.
With sugarcane arrears at Rs 22,000 crore the government recently announced a nearly Rs 8000 crore relief package for sugar millers to enable them to clear farmers’ dues.
The government also announced creation of a three-million tonne buffer stock of sugar and allotted Rs 1175 crore for this.
