Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has assured sugarcane farmers that the government will take adequate steps to ensure that their cane dues are paid on time, reports Hindustan Times.
The government was working on increasing the area under sugarcane to 2.5 lakh hectares this year, he said.
“Government has already taken up the matter of providing a minimum support price (MSP) to the farmers on alternative crops with the Centre,” said Mann.
