Kathmandu, Jan. 5 -- Shashi Kanta Agrawal, president of the Sugar Producers' Association, told the Post that the government decision was made unilaterally without consulting with mill owners

Jan 5, 2019-Sugar mill owners criticised the government's decision to raise the floor price of sugarcane to Rs536.56 per quintal, saying it would make sugar dearer to consumers. The floor price is the minimum rate sugarcane farmers get for their crops from factory owners.

On Thursday, the Cabinet approved a minimum farm gate price of Rs536.56 per quintal for this harvest season starting November. Out of this, the factory owner pays Rs471.28, and the government pays Rs65.28 to farmers as subsidy for each quintal of sugarcane purchased during this sea...