Lok Sabha Question No. 2901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Sugarcane Cultivation in Haryana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Deepender Singh Hooda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2901

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 th  MARCH, 2026

## SUGARCANE CULTIVATION IN HARYANA

2901. SHRI DEEPENDER SINGH HOODA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

- (a) the total area under sugarcane cultivation in Haryana during the last five years including the current year, year-wise;
- (b) the  details  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  the  last  five  years  to  fix  and  revise sugarcane prices in Haryana;
- (c) whether the  Government  proposes to  impose  binding  mechanisms  on  sugar mills to ensure timely payment to farmers for their sugarcane supply;
- (d) whether the Government has conducted any audit or assessment of the total amount pending towards sugarcane farmers of Haryana; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps being taken to ensure payment of such dues within a fixed time period, and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)

- (a): The year-wise details regarding the total area under sugarcane cultivation in Haryana during the last five years, including the current year has been provided in the table below:

## Haryana Sugarcane Area

(Thousand Hectares)

|   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |   2024-25 |   2025-26* |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|     107.7 |    107.75 |     88.22 |     71.64 |      93.78 |

- (b): Government announces the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane for every sugar  season,  which  is  the  benchmark  price,  below  which  no  sugar  mill  can  purchase sugarcane from farmers. It is determined on the basis of recommendations of Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) and after consultation with the State Governments and other stakeholders. The FRP of sugarcane payable by sugar mills / factories for each sugar season from 2021-22 and onwards is tabulated below:

| Sugar Season   |   FRP (Rs. per quintal) | SAP (Rs. Per Quintal)                      | Basic Recovery Level   |
|----------------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 2021-22        |                     290 | Early Variety: 362.00 Late Variety: 355.00 | 10.00%                 |
| 2022-23        |                     305 | Early Variety: 372.00 Late Variety: 365.00 | 10.25%                 |
| 2023-24        |                     315 | Early Variety: 386.00 Late Variety: 379.00 | 10.25%                 |
| 2024-25        |                     340 | Early Variety: 400.00 Late Variety: 393.00 | 10.25%                 |
| 2025-26        |                     355 | Early Variety: 415.00 Late Variety: 408.00 | 10.25%                 |

Further, State Government of Haryana declared State Advised Price (SAP) is higher than the FRP during the above period.

- (c):  As  per  the  Sugarcane  (Control)  Order,  1966,  the  sugar  mills  are  required  to  make payment of cane price to the farmers within 14 days of supply of cane to the concerned sugar mills. The powers for enforcing the provisions of the Sugarcane Control (Order), 1966 have been delegated and vested with the State Governments/UT Administrations.
- (d)  and  (e):  As  per  the  information  received  from  the  Haryana  Government,  during  the current  Sugar  season  2025-26  (October-September),  approximately  ₹  1,491  crore  is payable to sugarcane farmers. Out of this amount, about ₹ 1,027 crore has already been released by sugar mills, clearing nearly 69% of the total cane dues as on 18.02.2026. There are no pending cane payments from previous sugar seasons.

As per the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, the sugar mills are required to make payment of cane price to the farmers within 14 days of supply of cane to the concerned sugar mills.

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