Sugar factories too have grievances, says Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi
Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi, who owns a sugar factory, has highlighted the grievances of sugar mill owners regarding stagnant minimum selling prices and unpaid electricity dues. He expects the Chief Minister to address these concerns alongside farmer demands in upcoming meetings.
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The tension between sugar factory profitability and farmer welfare is a critical economic and political issue in India's agricultural sector.
Sugar factories too have grievances, says Karnataka PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi left Satish Jarkiholi, PWD Minister of Karnataka and a Congress leader who is among those who owns a sugar factory. File photograph The Hindu https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/2nf0aq/article71625900.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/9727_5_10_2026_18_50_15_1_06BGMSATISHJARKIHOLIDP1.JPEG BADIGER PK Karnataka belagavi 05 10 2026. Satish Jarkiholi, PWD minister and Congress leader. A file photograph MSP needs to be revised and power bills pending, among other things, he says Belagavi It is not just farmers, but sugar factories too, who have some grievances. The Union and State governments need to resolve them, Karnataka’s PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi, who owns a sugar factory, said in Belagavi on October 26. “Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar will hold meetings with factory representatives and farmers in Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi today. Farmers will present their issues before him, and we will present our issues. Let us see what happens,” he told reporters.
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