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Amarinder okays Rs 15/quintal SAP hike for all varieties of sugarcane

Amarinder okays Rs 15/quintal SAP hike for all varieties of sugarcane

Chandigarh, Aug 19 (UNI) To safeguard the interests of cane growers in Punjab, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday approved the hike of Rs 15 per quintal in the State Agreed Price (SAP) of all sugarcane varieties for the crushing season, 2021-22.
With this decision, the SAP of sugarcane has gone up from Rs 310 to Rs 325 for early variety, Rs 300 to Rs 315 for mid variety and Rs 295 to Rs 310 per quintal for late maturing variety.
Pertinently, for the ensuing crushing year 2021-22, approximately area of 1.10 lakh hectares is under the sugarcane crop across the state out of which about 660 lakh quintals of sugarcane would be crushed by the sugar mills.

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