Chandigarh: Punjab government has cleared pending cane dues of Rs 75 crore of farmers pending with the state’s cooperative sugar mills.
The amount has been released on Wednesday, said Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
He said that for the first time, all the pending cane dues of nine sugar mills in the state have been cleared for the crushing season 2021-22. The government has till now paid Rs 619.62 crore to the cane farmers.
