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The State government was considering to launch individual loan scheme for these farmers, the minister informed, and added that the government was trying its best to help sugarcane growers. The minister informed that the RKVY of the Central government was now a group scheme and its benefits would be extended to the State’s sugarcane growers. Nagpur : Seeking the government’s attention on the problems being faced by the sugar industry due to insufficient rainfall in the last two years, State’s MLAs on Thursday morning asked the State government in the State Assembly as what steps were taken in that direction. He added that last year under the scheme, 280 individuals were given 40% subsidy each to buy machineries. This year too around 300 applications were received under the scheme..