Lucknow: In Uttar Pradesh, the Yogi government has paid more sugarcane price than the previous two governments. The government has paid more than one and a half lakh crores in five and a half years, whereas during the tenure of 10 years of the previous governments, BSP and SP together could not even pay as much as the Yogi government has done. The difference is clear that the Yogi government has not only talked about sugarcane farmers, but has also left no stone unturned towards doubling their income.
The Yogi government has paid Rs 4,907.98 crore in the crushing season 2021-22, Rs 30,547.23 crore in 2020-21, Rs 35,898.85 crore in the crushing season 2019-20, Rs 33,048.06 crore in 2018-19 and Rs 35,444.06 crore in 2017-18. Along with this, a total of 1,50,508 crore cane price payment has been made so far including 10,661.38 crore for the previous crushing seasons, which is 55,293 crore against cane price payment between 2012 and 17 and 2007 to 12 against cane price payment. 98,377 crore more than that.
Record made in sugarcane crushing and sugar production
In the current crushing season 2021-22, so far 119 sugar mills operating in the state have crushed 292.01 lakh tonnes of sugarcane and produced 28.14 lakh tonnes of sugar. The average sugar layer of the state is 9.64 percent. The sugar mills of the state produced a record 475.68 lakh tonnes of sugar by crushing a record 4,289 lakh tonnes of sugarcane by combining the last three crushing seasons and the crushing season 2020-21.
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Sugarcane area increased due to government policies
In the current crushing season 2021-22, the sugarcane area of the state is estimated to be 27.60 lakh hectares and the sugarcane production is estimated to be 2,250 lakh tonnes. The sugarcane area of the state was 20.54 lakh hectare in the crushing season 2016-17, which has increased to 27.60 lakh hectare in the current crushing season 2021-22. It is clear from this increase in sugarcane area that due to the policies of the government, farmers are moving towards sugarcane cultivation.