Yogi government's major decision in the interest of sugarcane farmers ● Historic increase in sugarcane price by ₹30 per quintal: ● Sugarcane pricing for the 2025-26 crushing season: Early variety: ₹400 per quintal Normal variety: ₹390 per quintal Sweetness on farmers' faces ● Sugarcane price hike will result in an additional payment of ₹3,000 crore ● The Yogi government has consistently increased sugarcane prices, increasing the support price four times since 2017 ● Record payment of ₹2,90,225 crore to sugarcane farmers in 8 and a half years ● From 2007 to 2017, only ₹1,47,346 crore in sugarcane price payments could be made ● In the 8 and a half years since 2017, Sugarcane price payments alone amounted to ₹2,90,225 crore. ● The Yogi government has made payments of ₹1,42,879 crore more than the previous government's 10 years. ● The state now has 122 operating sugar mills, ranking second in the country. ● Previous governments had caused significant damage to the sugar industry, with 21 mills sold at throwaway prices. ● The Yogi government's transparent management has brought in ₹12,000 crore in investment into the industry. ● In eight years, four new sugar mills have been established, six closed mills have been reopened, and 42 mills have expanded their capacity. ● Production capacity has increased to the level of eight new large mills, and CBG plants have been installed in two mills. ● The "Smart Sugarcane Farmer" system has made the sugarcane slip system completely online, eliminating the reign of middlemen. ● Sugarcane price payments directly into farmers' bank accounts through DBT. ● A centralized web-based "Smart Sugarcane Farmer" system has been developed for online management of sugarcane acreage, sugarcane speculation, sugarcane calendaring, and sugarcane slips. The Government of India has called it a "model system." ● Uttar Pradesh ranks first in the country in ethanol production. Production: increased from 41 crore liters to 182 crore liters, distilleries: increased from 61 to 97. ● Significant increase in sugarcane acreage, from 20 lakh hectares to 29.51 lakh hectares, Uttar Pradesh ranks first in the country. #breakingnews #shortvideo #viral #news #hindi_samachar #sugercane #up #cmyogi