The Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) has urged the government to revise the Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of sugar to at least Rs 40.2 per kilogram, around Rs 9 up from the current level for the 2025-26 sugar season, Deepak Ballani, Director General of ISMA, said in a statement.

"The MSP of sugar has remained unchanged at Rs 31/kg since February 2019, even as the FRP of sugarcane has been revised upward each year, creating a widening gap between input costs and output pricing," he said adding that thus, the MSP of sugar must also be aligned automatically with sugarcane FRP to sustain mills and secure the timely payment to farmers.

ISMA's request is based on the increasing cost of sugarcane, the primary raw material, and a significant decrease in the sugar recovery

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