Sugar companies have been asked to start their mills from October beginning as sugarcane output is expected to be higher this year, Food Secretary Preeti Sudan said today. Sugarcane has been sown in more area at 49.15 lakh hectare till last week of 2017-18 crop year (July-June), as against 45.22 lakh hectare in the year-ago period, as per the Agriculture Ministry's data. "Sugarcane sowing is very good. We are expecting overall sugar output to be more than the normal level. We are hoping for a good year," Sudan told(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna July 25, 2017 09:33 UTC