Summary:
Some sugar mills in Sangli and Kolhapur have also decided to clear their pay FRP at one go. Till Tuesday, 17 mills in the state have cleared 100 per cent of their dues to cane farmers, while other mills in the state are in the process of doing so. By the end of January, mills in Maharashtra owed dues of over Rs 4,800 crore to cane farmers. The sugar commissioner had taken action against 49 mills that had failed to pay the FRP and issued orders for confiscation of their sugar stock. Strict action by the state sugar commissioner and agitations by farmers has prompted a number of sugar mills to pay the entire amount due to cane farmers at one go, instead of doing so in installments..