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Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana demands Rs 5,500 FRP per tone sugarcane for this year's crushing season

Kolhapur, Oct 10 (UNI) Taking an aggressive stance against cooperative sugar factory owners and the state government, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) national president and former MP Raju Shetty demanded FRP (Fair Remunerative Price) of Rs 5,500 per tone for this year's crushing season, including Rs 4,500 first instalment, Rs 500 instalment after the sugar factories' crushing season is closed, and Rs 500 grant from the central government.
Addressing a huge 25th 'Uas Parishad" (sugarcane convention), held this evening at Vikramsing ground in Jaysingpur town in Hatkanangale tehsil of this district, some 35 km from here, Shetty also demanded that the government should give Rs 70 per litre for ethanol, minimum Rs 50 per kg for sugar basic rate.
Total 12 resolutions were passed in this Parishad, including to give Rs one lakh to the farmers considering the severe drought situation this year, four percent loan for sugar employees, to cancel the proposed Shaktipeeth highway immediately, and others.
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