Ethanol mixing is said to reduce environmental degradation while adding extra income to the pocket of sugar cane farmers. It will help India achieve its dream of self-reliance in the energy sector.
While Varun Gandhi thanked Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for increasing the sugarcane rates, he claimed the hike was insufficient amid “rising cost and inflation”.
Among those waiting at the weighing scale are also people who do not own land but are engaged in transporting sugarcane from farms to sugar mills after getting the yield measures at weighing scales.
RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary alleged that the government wanted to decrease the SAP this year but could not dare do this because of ongoing farmers’ agitation.