The UP Sugar Mills Association has decided to challenge the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to hike cane price by up to Rs 40 per quintal in the Allahabad High Court. Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest cane producing state, has fixed the state advisory price (SAP) of sugarcane at Rs 235-250 per quintal for the ongoing 2011-12 season (October-September). “There is no logic behind increasing SAP. It is a political decision. Mills cannot pay this kind of price and we are ...

Fertiliser major IFFCO’s Paradip unit in Orissa has won two prestigious awards for “Excellence in Energy Conservation” and  ”Corporate Social Responsibility.” “Excellent Energy Efficient Unit” award under ‘National Energy Management Award – 2011′ was presented at a function organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Hyderabad, IFFCO sources said in Bhuveneshwar on Wednesday.