Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asked the officials to ensure smooth crushing season and no trouble to farmers in cane supply. The directions were issued at a high-level meeting at his official residence on Sunday.
The government’s efforts have increased the income of cane farmers following the increasing cane crushing capacity of the mills and production of ethanol and license to the Khandsari units, said a government official.
Specifying that the government has taken efforts to clear cane arrears, he said, when BJP came to power, the pending cane arrears were huge and within the last three years, the government has cleared over Rs 1.12 lakh crore to the cane farmers.
