To prevent sugar prices from becoming a tool in the hands of opposition parties in the parliamentary elections, the government has allowed government agencies like MMTC, STC, NAFED and PEC to import one million tonne of white sugar duty-free. The export obligation on raw sugar imports under open general licence scheme has also been removed.
The overall objective of this research was the assessment of sugar beet industrial wastewater (SIW) which could affect soil hydraulic property. A completely randomized design (CRT) was employed with irrigation treatments and three replications in a plant located in the east of Isfahan during summer 2008.
People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four months (chatur maas) of Lord Vishnu
NEW DELHI: With no firmed up figure available yet on the estimated shortfall in sugarcane output this season and sugar prices shooting up, the Ministry of Food is moving to seek the permission of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) for importing raw sugar.
There are 15 distilleries in Tamil Nadu under operation. The distillery effluent (mainly spent wash) is dark brown in colour and acidic in nature. It contains high percentage of dissolved organic, inorganic matter and potassium. Till year 2000 these units had disposed the partly treated effluent on land as fertilizer and stored in lined lagoon for solar evaporation.
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow November 19, 2008, 0:34 IST
The Allahabad High Court today refused to pass any interim order staying the cane state-advised price (SAP), which has been challenged by the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA).
The Allahabad High Court today extended the stay on privatisation of about 33 Uttar Pradesh Sugar Corporation mills till the next date of hearing on October 20.
