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Minimum Support Price of Rs 4,500 per tonne for sugarcane
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A Minimum Support Price of Rs 4,500 per tonne will be provided for sugarcane.
From the manifesto: Porul (Wealth) › 5. Welfare of Farmers, Agricultural Labourers and Fisherfolk › A. Farmers' Welfare, see page 43
Where it standsFormal order
Formal order on 8 Oct 2026.
The government ordered a total price of Rs 4,000 per tonne for sugarcane farmers by providing a special incentive.
So far
Total price of Rs 4,000 per tonne for farmers supplying 29 designated sugar mills
Not yet seen
The price recorded is Rs 4,000 per tonne; the promise is Rs 4,500 per tonne.
Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.
Documents behind this
- 8 Oct 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22688
- The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the release of Rs 603.34 crore as a special incentive of Rs 709.50 per tonne for sugarcane farmers who supplied cane to sugar mills in the 2025-26 crushing season.
- It is ensured that sugarcane farmers will receive Rs 4,000 per tonne of sugarcane in the 2025-2026 season.
- 8 Oct 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22689
- The government has ensured a total price of Rs 4,000 per tonne of sugarcane for farmers supplying to 29 designated sugar mills in Tamil Nadu for the 2025-2026 season.
- 10 Aug 2026 · Press releaseDIPR press release 22307
- The state government will provide a special incentive of Rs. 709.50 per tonne of sugarcane, ensuring a total price of Rs. 4,000 per tonne for farmers.
Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.
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