Members of the Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association under the banner of All India Sugarcane Farmers Federation (AISFF) of Karnataka State Committee has decided to organize Belagavi Chalo and stage a protest outside the Suvarna Soudha on December 12 demanding that the Fair Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane be fixed at ₹5,000 per tonne and also seek the government’s intervention in settling long-pending dues for sugarcane supplied to various sugar factories.
State secretary of Karnataka Sugarcane Growers Association N.L. Bharatraj and district president of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha Sharanabasappa Mamshetty, addressing presspersons here on Friday, urged the Centre to revise the sugar recovery rate to 8.5% from 10.25%.
