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Indian Potash to set up two sugar mills in Bihar
Bihar Cooperative Minister Ram Kripal Yadav said on Wednesday that Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) will set up and operate two sugar mills at Sakri in Madhubani and Raiyam in Darbhanga. The mills…
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Bihar Cooperative Minister Ram Kripal Yadav said on Wednesday that Indian Potash Ltd (IPL) will set up and operate two sugar mills at Sakri in Madhubani and Raiyam in Darbhanga. The mills will include distilleries, cogeneration power plants and Compressed Biogas units, under the state's Samriddh Udyog-Sashakt Bihar initiative.
The minister said the move will raise farmer incomes and create local jobs. Separately, the state has adopted a new cooperative policy, 2026, and approved Rs 106.39 crore for vegetable collection centres. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana will also start from the Rabi season of 2026-27.
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Reviving closed sugar mills is a popular promise, but Bihar has seen many such announcements fail to deliver. IPL, a fertiliser firm, now ventures into sugar, an industry with its own cyclical price crashes and cane arrears. The real test is not the signing of agreements but whether farmers see timely payments and actual production. Will IPL prioritise cane growers over its core business interests?
Source: thehindu.com
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