Bengaluru: The meeting called between sugar factory owners and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday, failed to elicit any concrete results with the sugar factory owners seeking more time to ‘amicably’ resolve the issue over settlement of dues with farmers, this was the only conclusion that came out of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s four-hour-long meeting with them.
While factory owners have agreed to pay Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for this year, many of them are unwilling to fulfill their commitment made to farmers on ex-field-informed agreements between farmers and sugar factories, promising higher rate above the FRP– running into the 450 crore. Farmers are adamant that ex-field price be paid.
