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Sugaronline India Report – The rising cost of India’s sugar populism

By Prerna Sharma Singh

25th August 2020

Higher cane prices and now more requests for loan guarantees. The situation is getting worse and worse.

As many as 37 sugar mills in the Indian state of Maharashtra have sought loan guarantees to the tune of INR7.5 billion to raise working capital. They can’t raise it on their own due to poor credit ratings underlined by negative net worth. A year back, the state government had to cough up INR6.97 billion

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