Haryana Government will surely clear all pending payments of sugarcane farmers’ by July 10, 2021. This information was given by Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr Banwari Lal in a review meeting held with the
- Haryana Government will make the pending payments of sugarcane farmers’ by July 10- Dr Banwari Lal
- Chandigarh, June 14- Haryana Government will surely clear all pending payments of sugarcane farmers’ by July 10, 2021.
- This information was given by Haryana Cooperation Minister, Dr Banwari Lal in a review meeting held with the officers of Haryana State Cooperative Sugar Mills Federation (Sugarfed) here today. He informed that during the recent crushing season 2020-2021, the cooperative sugar mills have procured 429.35 lakh quintals of sugarcane, which amounts to a total amount of 1500.83 crore, out of which Rs 1082.16 crore has been given to the sugarcane farmers and the remaining amount will be given by July 10.
- During the meeting, he appreciated the efforts made by the officers and said that we have to work with the same vigour in this season. He said that we need to continuously improve our working system so that the work of running the mills can be done at low cost. While giving instructions to the officers, he said that only the necessary work of maintenance and repair should be done in the mills so that the mills can function at minimal cost. He said that we have to change the way of running the mills and also raise the mills out of loss to profit.
- It was informed in the meeting that in the crushing season 2020-21, 429.17 lakh quintals of sugarcane was crushed while 371.86 lakh quintals of sugarcane was crushed in the crushing season 2019-20. Similarly, 41.97 lakh quintals of sugar was produced in crushing season 2020-21 while 37.41 lakh quintals of sugar was produced in crushing season 2019-20. It was informed in the meeting that 87.59 percent capacity utilization was achieved in crushing season 2020-21 while 86.13 percent capacity was utilized in crushing season 2019-20. Similarly, 7.53 crore units of electricity worth Rs 36.08 crore were sold in crushing season 2020-21 while 6.83 crore units worth Rs 32.19 crore were sold in crushing season 2019-20.
- The minister was apprised in the meeting that 630.16 quintals of jaggery was produced during the crushing season of 2020-21 by the Cooperative Sugar Mills of Meham, Kaithal and Palwal. Similarly, work has started on the Bio-fuel Project in Cooperative Sugar Mill of Kaithal and it will be started soon in other Cooperative Sugar Mills as well.
- During the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperation Department, Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal said that the sugar mills where good work is being done by the employees and officers will be given incentives and if there is any lapse in the working of any employee or officer, he will be punished. Expressing satisfaction on the online sale of products being manufactured by Cooperative Sugar Mills, he said that the work of online sale would be started in other mills also.
- In the meeting, Managing Director of Sugarfed, Sh. Jitendra Kumar assured the Cooperation Minister and Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Cooperation that the instructions given will be adhered to in letter and spirit and all the works will be completed within the stipulated time frame.
- In the meeting, Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Sh. R.S. Verma and HAFED Managing Director, Sh. D.K. Behera and other senior officers of Cooperative Sugar Mills were present.
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