Overview
- Sugar Minister Shivananda Patil delivered the government order at Gurlapur Cross in Belagavi, after which farmers called off their sit-in.
- The price was set at Rs 3,300 per tonne after the state and sugar mills agreed to add Rs 50 each over the Centre’s FRP.
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said all factory owners accepted the decision and dismissed assertions that mills would limit payments to Rs 3,200.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi urged Karnataka to announce a State Advised Price and defended the FRP, prompting a rebuttal from the Chief Minister over rising cultivation costs and inadequate price realization.
- Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai criticized the government’s approach and pointed to earlier district talks that lifted rates from Rs 2,900 to Rs 3,200.