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Mounting cane dues add fodder to ongoing farmers' protest in western UP

It's a catch-22 for the Adityanath govt as no hike in sugarcane SAP for three straight years could worsen an already volatile situation, while an increase will push cane dues up further

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Farmer protest | sugarcane farmers | Farm Bills

Sanjeeb Mukherjee  |  New Delhi 

Mounting sugarcane dues payable to several thousands of farmers in western Uttar Pradesh have provided another reason for them to lend support to the ongoing protests against the three farm acts in the region.

While cane dues and the farm acts are unrelated, the spike in the former and the near status quo in the state-ordained price of sugarcane over the past three years have combined to fuel farmers' ire against both, the Narendra Modi-led Central government and the Yogi Adityanath regime in Uttar Pradesh. In UP, sugarcane and the economics surrounding it have a direct bearing ...

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First Published: Wed, February 17 2021. 13:40 IST
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