The Ministerial Committee beneath Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday determined that sugar generators in Maharashtra will start 2021-22 sugar season on October 15. Chief Minister Thackeray additionally directed Sugar Commissioner to provoke action against generators that have now not paid the fair and remunerative charge (FRP) for the ultimate season.

FRP has been paid completely with the aid of 146 sugar mills and the committee additionally decided that cane crushing licenses will not be issued to defaulter turbines.

Cases could be filed towards govt directors of mills so one can begin crushing season before October 15. The assembly decided that farmers must take a call on supplying sugarcane for crushing to defaulter mills.

For the approaching sugar season, 12.32 lakh hectares are under sugarcane cultivation inside the State and ninety seven tonnes/ha production is expected. Mills are predicted to overwhelm 109.6 million tonnes of sugarcane to produce an predicted eleven.2 million tonnes of sugar. About 193 sugar mills in the State are predicted to start operations.

Drip irrigation
The assembly discussed bringing sugar cultivation under drip irrigation and asked agriculture officials to release attention campaigns. Sugar manufacturing will increase with drip irrigation, the committee stated in a press declaration.

Meanwhile, 112 personal and co-operative sugar generators have ethanol manufacturing vegetation inside the State. Together, these generators plan to produce 206 crore litre ethanol.