Lok Sabha Question No. 466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Dues to Sugarcane Farmers
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel, Sumalatha Ambareesh

## GOVERNMEiIT  OF INDIA

## MI]{ISTRY  oF coilsuMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD &  puBLtC  DtsTRtBUTto[ DEPARTMEIIT  OF FOOD AND PUBLIC  DISTRTBUTION

## LOX AABHA UilSTARRED  QUESTION NO.466 TO BE ANSWERED  ON ls" DEGEMBERT2O2I

## DUES TO SUGARCAilE FARIUERA

466. SHRI NALII{ I(UIUIAR  I(ATEEL: SHRITIATI  AUMALATHA  AMBAREESH:

Wit! the Minister  of  GOilSUMER  AFFA|RS,  FOOD AND  pUBLtC

DtSTRtBUTtoN  t€ft€r  ,mt, ur6-o  ct{ Trffi{. fftwrui* rc pteaseo  to state:

- (a)  the detairs  of actuat dues to be paid  to sugarcane  fanners  durang  the
- last three yearc, year-wise  and Statewise;
- (b)  whethei the Government  is aware that there is a huge difference  in figures mentioned in Government  data and the Fanneds association  in regard  to payments  due to sugarcane farmercl
- (c)  if so' whether the Government  has put any mechanism  to maintain
- the data of the sugarcane  dues to famens; and
- (d)  if so, the detaits thereof?

## A1{SWER MINISTER  OF STATE FOR MII{ISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT  AI{D coilsuMER AFFA|RS,  FooD &  puBLlC  DtsTRtBUTtOl{ (sADHVt  NTRAilJAil JYOTT)

- (a): As per information received from state Governments,  amount of cane dues payabte'  cane dues paid and cane price arrears against sugar mirs state'wise  during rast thfee sugar seasons  (october  -s"ptemmll  is at Annexure.
- (b):  The data regarding  cane dues of the farmeni are received  from the concerned  State Governments.  Howeyer, no such data has been receaved from any Farmefs  association.
- (c)&(d): The  powers  to enforce the provisions  of the sugarcane (contror) order, 1966 with regard  to payment  of cane dues of farmens is vested with the state Governments  as they have necessary fierd formations  for its implementation.  The Gentrar Government obtain data of sugarcane  dues from Gane Gommissioner/Director  of Sugar of concerned  states.

## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO IN REPLY TO PART (A) OF THE UNSTARRED  QUESTION 110.486 FOR AI{SWER ON 0/1.12.2021  IN THE LOK SABHA.

## status of  pendrng  cane Dues of Farmers  as on 26 Novcmber  2orr

| s. 1{o   | Name of State    | Sugar season 2Ol8-19   | Sugar season 2Ol8-19   | Sugar season 2Ol8-19   | Sugar season 2O19-2O   | Sugar season 2O19-2O   | Sugar season 2O19-2O   | (RS. tN GRORE) Sugar   | season   | 2O2O-21.   |
|----------|------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------|------------|
|          | Name of State    | Payable                | Paid                   | Arrears                | Payable                | Paid                   |                        | Payable                | ra t(t   | arrears    |
| 1        | Bihar            | 2393                   | 2343                   | 50                     | 2039                   | 2000                   | 39                     | 1421                   | 1417     | 4          |
| 2        | Haryana          | 22A9                   | 22A9                   | o                      | 2374                   | 2374                   | o                      | 2628                   | 2565     | 63         |
| 3        | Punjab           | 2399                   | 2399                   | o                      | 1740                   | 1697                   | 43                     | 1881                   |          |            |
| 4        | Uttarakhand      | 1170                   | 1065                   | ,l05                   | 13{ 6                  | 13,t6                  | o                      | 1219                   | 1872     | 9          |
| 5        | Uttar Pradesh    | 33048                  | 33048                  | o                      | 35898                  | 35898                  | o                      | 330{4                  | 1167     | 52         |
| 6        | Andhra Pradesh   | 1499                   | 1462                   | 37                     | 876                    | 833                    | 43                     | 63s                    | 29262    | 3752       |
| 7        | Telangana        | 734                    | 734                    | o                      | 415                    | 415                    | o                      | 365                    | 598      | 37         |
| 8        | Guiarat          | 3199                   | 3199                   | o                      | 2973                   | 2973                   | o                      | 3149                   | 365      | o          |
| 9        | Maharashtra      | 23433                  | 23352                  | 8'                     | 14250                  | 14250                  | o                      | 32145                  | 3t05     | 44         |
| lo       | Karnataka        | l{948                  | { 1939                 | 9                      | 1042A                  | 10423                  | 5                      |                        | 31751    | 394        |
| 11       | Tamil Nadu       | 2839                   | 2766                   | 73                     | 241A                   | 241A                   |                        | 13402                  | 13402    | o          |
| 12       | Puducherry       | 0                      | o                      | o                      | o                      | o                      | o o                    | 2A72 o                 | 2647     | 25         |
| {3       | Chhattisgarh     | 3t5                    | 309                    | 6                      | 20a                    | 20a                    | o                      | 132                    | o        | o          |
| 14       | Odisha           | 11tJ                   | tto                    | o                      | 0                      | 0                      | o                      |                        | 6E       | 64         |
| l5       | IUladhya Pradesh | 1232                   | 1230                   | 2                      | 477                    | 477                    | o                      | o                      | o        | o          |
| t6       | Goa              | 9                      | 7                      | 2                      | o                      |                        |                        | 141                    | 140      | 1          |
|          | All lndia        | 86617                  | 46252                  |                        |                        | o                      | o                      | o                      | o        | o          |
|          |                  |                        |                        | 365                    | 75812                  | 756a2                  | 130                    | g2ao4                  | 88359    | 4445       |