COVID-19 is causing trouble for the world and sugarcane growing farmers of Uttar Pradesh are no exception. 80% of the rural economy relies on milk sales to meet its domestic expenditure. But after six to twelve months due to the price of milk due to corona and income affected, the suffering of sugarcane farmers who get paid from the mill has increased more than ever. Not only this, but there is also pressure on farmers to return their Kisan Credit Card debt with interest and penalty, to collect children's school and college fees.

They also have to run their own house. This has put a huge burden on them and many farmers have committed suicide. Farmers are also unhappy with the Central Government increasing the Fair Benefit Price (FRP) of sugarcane by Rs 10 for the coming year.

But the coming days of sugarcane farmers are going to be better. It is a well-known fact that till the sugarcane season of 1995-96, sugar mills used to take sugarcane from farmers, but it took years for farmers to pay. But in 1997, when the Supreme Court asked the sugar mills to pay Rs 29 crores of interest to the sugarcane farmers, then the sugar mills to avoid the interest of sugarcane

Started paying farmers on time. Significantly, when the cane commissioner was unable to take a decision on the issue of interest for about two years, I filed a petition. When he was warned to be arrested, he filed an affidavit in 2019 that he had decided that the profit-making sugar mills would pay 12 percent interest for 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15 and Loss-making mills will pay farmers seven percent interest per year.

Once the sugarcane commissioner filed an affidavit about the payment of interest, the payment of the money should have been made immediately, but the state and sugar mills took advantage of not running the court due to a prolonged strike and subsequent epidemic. The courts will start functioning in a few days and then the sugarcane commissioner will have to explain the reason for the delay in payment of interest. Once the Supreme Court has ruled that the sugarcane commissioner does not have the authority to waive or reduce the interest amount, the mill owners including the state will not delay the payment by one day after 14 days, as they will get 15 Percent interest will have to be paid, while they get corporate loans at 10 to 12 percent interest. These facts show that farmers should not lose heart. Interest will certainly be paid.

Sugarcane growers have to understand that bad times have passed and if interest is paid at the rate of 15 percent per annum from 1996, they will get Rs 1 lakh per acre and if paid from 2011-12 to 2019-2020 However, they will not get less than Rs 50,000 per acre. Farmers need not be depressed even with the increase in FRP by ten rupees, as we are entitled to SAP as per the decision of the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, which upheld the High Court judgment in my case. The state has the right to decide SAP, which is a valid value.

It is expected that the SAP that will be fixed in October will be Rs 450 per quintal as per the formula of the Prime Minister's promise of 50 percent more than the cost of production. And once the interest is paid to the farmers at the rate of 15 percent per annum, the sugarcane price will be paid on time, creating a platform for the younger generation that has lost jobs during the demonetization and epidemic Will come to agriculture for livelihood. This will also increase the purchasing power of farmers and boost the economy.