Overview
- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the government will soon issue an order confirming a Rs 3,300 per quintal price for cane.
- He stated the additional Rs 100 payment would be split equally, with Rs 50 from the state and Rs 50 from sugar mills.
- Minister for Sugar Shivananda Patil will meet farmer groups as further talks continue on outstanding issues.
- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi wrote to the Chief Minister recommending the use of a State Advisory Price as followed in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Haryana.
- Joshi cited the approved Fair and Remunerative Price for 2025–26 at Rs 355 per quintal and said at 10.5% recovery it works out to about Rs 363 in Karnataka.