India, Nov. 2 -- LUCKNOW With the 2027 Assembly elections on the horizon, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is considering an upward revision in the State Advised Price (SAP) of sugarcane for the ongoing crushing season, exploring the possibility of rolling out the hike as a Diwali gift to the state's politically crucial farming community.

The proposed price revision has already gone through two of the three mandatory rounds of stakeholder consultations, exposing a divide between cane growers and sugar mill owners. While farmers' representatives are pressing for the SAP to be raised to Rs.500 per quintal - a Rs.100 jump from existing rates - sugar millers have opposed any hike, arguing that input and production costs have ...