Question : Dues to Sugarcane Farmers

(a) the details of actual dues to be paid to sugarcane farmers during the last three years, year-wise and Statewise;

(b) whether the Government is aware that there is a huge difference in figures mentioned in Government data and the Farmer’s association in regard to payments due to sugarcane farmers;

(c) if so, whether the Government has put any mechanism to maintain the data of the sugarcane dues to farmers; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister

A N S W E R
MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
(SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a): As per information received from State Governments, amount of cane dues payable, cane dues paid and cane price arrears against sugar mills state-wise during last three sugar seasons (October –September) is at Annexure.
(b): The data regarding cane dues of the farmers are received from the concerned State Governments. However, no such data has been received from any Farmer’s association.
(c)&(d): The Powers to enforce the provisions of the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966 with regard to payment of cane dues of farmers is vested with the State Governments as they have necessary field formations for its implementation. The Central Government obtain data of sugarcane dues from Cane Commissioner/Director of Sugar of concerned states.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.466 FOR ANSWER ON 01.12.2021 IN THE LOK SABHA.

Status of Pending Cane Dues of Farmers as on 26 November 2021
(RS. IN CRORE)
S. No Name of State Sugar season 2018-19 Sugar season 2019-20 Sugar season 2020-21.
Payable Paid Arrears Payable Paid Arrears Payable Paid Arrears
1 Bihar 2393 2343 50 2039 2000 39 1421 1417 4
2 Haryana 2289 2289 0 2374 2374 0 2628 2565 63
3 Punjab 2399 2399 0 1740 1697 43 1881 1872 9
4 Uttarakhand 1170 1065 105 1316 1316 0 1219 1167 52
5 Uttar Pradesh 33048 33048 0 35898 35898 0 33014 29262 3752
6 Andhra Pradesh 1499 1462 37 876 833 43 635 598 37
7 Telangana 734 734 0 415 415 0 365 365 0
8 Gujarat 3199 3199 0 2973 2973 0 3149 3105 44
9 Maharashtra 23433 23352 81 14250 14250 0 32145 31751 394
10 Karnataka 11948 11939 9 10428 10423 5 13402 13402 0
11 Tamil Nadu 2839 2766 73 2418 2418 0 2672 2647 25
12 Puducherry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Chhattisgarh 315 309 6 208 208 0 132 68 64
14 Odisha 110 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Madhya Pradesh 1232 1230 2 877 877 0 141 140 1
16 Goa 9 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
All India 86617 86252 365 75812 75682 130 92804 88359 4445
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