Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Maharashtra Cabinet Approves Soft Loans to Clear Sugarcane Dues
The Maharashtra government decided to give cooperative sugar mills easier loans.
The mills can use the money to pay farmers what they are owed for sugarcane.
The support is for the 2025-26 crushing season and for running the mills in 2026-27.
The government said this could help both farmers and mills.
The Cabinet also approved a new group to study important government policies and welfare schemes.
It approved a tax-related exemption for a library and study centre in Nashik.
It also approved government land for a commercial complex in Wardha.
Other decisions changed some laws and created four administrative posts.
The Maharashtra Cabinet approved soft loans for cooperative sugar mills to clear pending Fair and Remunerative Price dues for the 2025-26 crushing season.
The loans will also support sugar-mill operations during the 2026-27 season, according to the Chief Minister’s Office.
The Cabinet approved a one-year Maharashtra Technical Assistance Cell project to evaluate 25 state policies and 25 welfare schemes.
It granted a stamp-duty exemption for a Nashik Municipal Corporation building leased to the Nashik branch of the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad.
Other decisions included land allotment in Wardha, amendments to land and municipal laws, and four new administrative posts.
- Who
- The Maharashtra Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, approved the measures; cooperative sugar mills and sugarcane growers are directly affected.
- What
- The Cabinet approved soft loans to help cooperative sugar mills clear pending Fair and Remunerative Price dues and support future operations, along with several governance, land, legal and administrative measures.
- When
- The decision was announced on Tuesday, September 15; the loans concern the 2025-26 crushing season and support operations for 2026-27.
- Where
- Maharashtra, including Nashik, Wardha district’s Arvi taluka and Haregaon village in Ahilyanagar district.
- Why
- The soft loans are intended to provide relief to sugarcane growers and mills by addressing unpaid Fair and Remunerative Price dues and supporting mill operations.
- Main measure
- Soft loans for cooperative sugar mills
- Purpose
- Clear pending Fair and Remunerative Price dues and support 2026-27 operations
- Policy evaluation
- The Maharashtra Technical Assistance Cell will evaluate 25 major state policies and 25 key welfare schemes
- Evaluation period
- One year
- Land allotment
- 6,240.30 square metres of government land in Arvi taluka, Wardha district, for a commercial complex
- Stamp-duty exemption
- Granted for a Nashik Municipal Corporation study centre and library building leased to the Nashik branch of the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
- Administrative staffing
- Four administrative posts were approved