# Minimum Support Price of Rs 4,500 per tonne for sugarcane

- ID: P05-A-04#2
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p05-a-04-2 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p05-a-04-2)
- Pillar: 5. Welfare of Farmers, Agricultural Labourers and Fisherfolk
- Section: A. Farmers' Welfare
- Manifesto page: 43
- Stage: Formal order (A government order or sanction was issued)
- Last recorded: 8 Oct 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

A Minimum Support Price of Rs 4,500 per tonne will be provided for sugarcane.

## Where it stands

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 release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR__-P.R.NO.805_-_Hon_ble_Minister_For_Agriculture_Farmers_Welfare_-_Sugarcane_Incentive_-__Press_Release_-_Date_-_08.10.2026.pdf))
- 8 Oct 2026 · Press release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR__-P.R.NO.805_-_Hon_ble_Minister_For_Agriculture_Farmers_Welfare_-_Sugarcane_Incentive_-__Press_Release_-_Date_-_08.10.2026.pdf))
- 8 Oct 2026 · Press release · DIPR press release 22688: It is ensured that sugarcane farmers will receive Rs 4,000 per tonne of sugarcane in the 2025-2026 season. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR__-P.R.NO.805_-_Hon_ble_Minister_For_Agriculture_Farmers_Welfare_-_Sugarcane_Incentive_-__Press_Release_-_Date_-_08.10.2026.pdf))
- 10 Aug 2026 · Press release · DIPR 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. ([Open the document (Press release)](https://dipr.tn.gov.in/dipr_api/v1/uploads/tn_govt_press_release/DIPR_-_TNLA.NO.007_-_Hon_ble_CM_Assembly_Speech_-_110_Statement_-_Increase_in_incentive_for_paddy_and_sugarcane__-_Date_-_10.8.2026.pdf))

> 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.