Archive · 10 Oct 2026
Chhattisgarh Raises Sugarcane Procurement Price to ₹425 per Quintal
Chhattisgarh has raised the price sugar mills must pay for sugarcane.
The price went from ₹355 to ₹425 for each quintal.
A quintal is a unit used to measure weight.
The new price applies to sugarcane bought in the 2025–26 crushing season.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced the change after meeting with a farmers’ union delegation.
Officials said the state’s sugar mills must pay the new rate.
The government says the increase is meant to give farmers a better price for their crops.
Chhattisgarh has four cooperative sugar mills.
Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai raised the procurement price from ₹355 to ₹425 per quintal.
The revised rate applies to sugarcane purchased during the 2025–26 crushing season.
Sai made the decision after meeting a Bharatiya Kisan Union delegation.
Officials said sugar mills in the state must buy growers’ sugarcane at the new rate.
Chhattisgarh has four cooperative sugar mills and recently reported sugarcane production of 1,866,000 tons.
- Who
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and sugarcane growers.
- What
- The state raised the sugarcane procurement price from ₹355 to ₹425 per quintal.
- When
- The revised rate applies to sugarcane purchased in the 2025–26 crushing season; Sai announced the decision on Saturday.
- Where
- Chhattisgarh, India.
- Why
- Sai said the increase is intended to provide farmers a better price for their produce and make farming a dignified and lucrative livelihood.
- Previous procurement price
- ₹355 per quintal
- Revised procurement price
- ₹425 per quintal
- Applicable season
- 2025–26 crushing season
- Cooperative sugar mills
- Four operate in Chhattisgarh
- Recent sugarcane production
- 1,866,000 tons, down from 2,041,000 tons in the preceding year
- Meeting preceding decision
- Sai met a Bharatiya Kisan Union delegation