Ludhiana: The center has provided relief to the ailing sugar mills that were on the verge of closure, said Union Cooperative Minister Amit Shah while replying to a question by Rajya Sabha MP from Ludhiana Sanjeev Arora, reports Tribune India.
While resolving the pending issues of cooperative sugar mills, the government had allowed them to claim as expenditure their payment to sugarcane farmers for the period prior to assessment year 2016-17, giving a relief of around Rs 10,000 crore, he said.
