Panel to address grievances of sugarcane growers

NEW DELHI: Govt Monday announced establishment of a high-level committee within a week to address the grievances of sugarcane farmers over discrepancies in sugar recovery, weighment and payments. The announcement was made at a meeting chaired by agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan which was attended by farmers from Maharashtra and Karnataka.Chouhan and food minister Pralhad Joshi held detailed discussions with a delegation of farmers from the two major cane-growing states. About 80-90 farmers from different organisations attended, along with state ministers.

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