Punjab continues lead the country in paying the highest price of Rs.401 per quintal for Sugarcane
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, December 28-
Punjab Government has taken various path-breaking initiatives including highest rate of sugarcane, subsidy on hybrid maize seeds, financial assistance for Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR), free-electricity to farmers for agri-pumps, besides, encouraging farmers to adopt crop diversification.
Highlighting the achievements of the Agriculture department, Punjab cabinet minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian informed that the state has maintained the lead across the country in paying the highest price of Rs.401 per quintal for Sugarcane. Punjab Government has recently hiked Rs.10 in the state-agreed price (SAP) of sugarcane, increasing the rate to Rs 401 per quintal for the 2024-25 crushing season. Payment of cooperative sugar mills has been cleared by Punjab Govt for the crushing year 2023-24. These steps lead to increases the area of sugarcane by 5000 hectares during 2024-25.
He further informed that the Punjab Government has been providing financial assistance of Rs. 1500/- per acre to the farmers, who have adopted the Direct Seeding of Rice (DSR) technique to arrest the depleting ground-water. This initiative of the government has received a good response from the farmers.