After marathon meetings with farmer leaders and representatives of sugar mills, chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka government on Friday announced an enhancement in the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane by ₹100 per tonne. Following this, farmers withdrew their protest on Friday.
The farmers will now get ₹3,300 per tonne (excluding harvesting and transportation cost) as against the FRP of ₹3,200 per tonne that has been fixed by the Centre.
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