Mills ready to pay more for sugarcane if Centre raises sugar MSP: Jarkiholi

Bengaluru, Nov 2 (UNI) With sugarcane farmers intensifying their agitation across Karnataka over remunerative prices, Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi has put the ball in the Centre's court, saying sugar mills are willing to increase payments to growers if the Centre raises the Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of sugar. The minister's remarks bring the financial viability of sugar factories into sharp focus in the escalating confrontation between farmers and the sugar industry, with growers demanding higher cane prices and mills citing inadequate returns from sugar sales. Speaking to reporters in Belagavi on Sunday, Jarkiholi said sugar factories had expressed their…