Sugarcane farmers paid within 14 days; delayed payments to carry interest recovered from mills.
“हम यह सुनिश्चित करेंगे कि गन्ना किसानों को 14 दिनों के भीतर उनका भुगतान प्राप्त हो, और देरी से होने वाले भुगतान के लिए मिलों से ब्याज वसूल करके गन्ना किसानों को ब्याज समेत भुगतान किया जाएगा।”English: “We will ensure sugarcane farmers receive payment within 14 days, and for delayed payment interest will be recovered from mills and paid to farmers.”
The verdict
The government reports record cane payments and an escrow mechanism. A July 2025 report said about 88% of that season's dues had been paid with about Rs 4,000 crore outstanding, and farmer leaders said interest orders were largely unenforced. No official data on 14-day compliance was found.
Rule applied: In progress: deadline not reached; rating is provisional and not counted in the final score
Evidence timeline
- Budget20 Feb 2025· Government of Uttar Pradesh, Finance DepartmentcontextBudget speech 2025-2026 (Hindi), PDF p. 7 ↗
“Translated from Hindi: An escrow account mechanism was started in 2017 to ensure timely cane price payment to farmers, which has fully curbed diversion of cane-price funds in sugar mills.”
- News5 Jul 2025· ETV BharatcontradictsSugarcane farmers in western UP await dues ↗
“Of the Rs 35,000 crore of procured sugarcane, farmers have received 88.38% of dues; about Rs 4,000 crore remains unpaid (summary of article).”
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Rs 1,000 crore Nand Baba Dugdh Mission to keep UP the top milk-producing state.
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Promise ID bjp-up-2022-002 · drafted 5 Oct 2026 by research-agent · JSON