Bihar Minister Orders Timely Completion of Sugarcane Price Payments

Sugarcane Industry Minister Krishnanandan Paswan has directed that the sugarcane price payment and its survey work should be completed within the stipulated time frame. He warned that if negligence is shown in this direction, strict departmental action will be taken against the concerned officials and mill management. Active contribution should be made in the field of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), which will encourage local development.

A review meeting was organized by the Sugarcane Industry Department in the office located at Vikas Bhawan on Tuesday. It was chaired by the departmental minister.

In the meeting, issues like works related to the current status of sugarcane price payment, current status of sugarcane survey, various running schemes of the department, works related to expansion of sugar mills, status of payment of Regional Development Council, need for research, development and innovations were reviewed.

During the review, it came to light that till now 99.80 percent of the sugarcane price has been paid by the sugar mills. Along with this, departmental schemes like Chief Minister Sugarcane Development Scheme, Sugarcane Mechanization Scheme and Bihar Jaggery Promotion Scheme were also reviewed and instructions were given for their effective implementation.

Departmental Secretary Kartikeya Dhanji said that sugar mill owners are the strong pillars of the department's team. Describing research and innovation as the backbone of agro-based industries, he talked about emphasizing on modern measures like setting up of tissue culture lab. He also informed that many incentive schemes will be implemented soon by the department to support farmers and mills.

Apart from Sugarcane Commissioner Anil Kumar Jha, Joint Sugarcane Commissioner JPN Singh, other senior officers of the department and General Managers and Office Heads of all the working sugar mills of the state and mills purchasing sugarcane in Uttar Pradesh State participated in this meeting.

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