What happened: FRP for sugarcane and sector metrics
The Government of India, through an official PIB Backgrounder, set the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane for sugar season 2026-27 (October–September) at ₹365 per quintal. The PIB backgrounder also states that this FRP provides a basic recovery rate of 10.25%.
The same PIB backgrounder also provides official sector scale indicators:
500 MMT sugarcane production for 2025-26 (as per the Third Advance Estimate of Production released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare).Sugarcane sector support for nearly 5 crore farmers and around 5 lakh workers in sugar factories and allied industries.Sugarcane cultivation area rising from 49.27 lakh hectares in 2015-16 to 58.87 lakh hectares in 2025-26.Top sugarcane-producing states cited as Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.Indian sugar export volume cited as 8 lakh MT in 2025-26, up from 0.47 lakh MT in 2016-17.Major export destinations cited as Sri Lanka, West Asia, and East Africa.
The PIB backgrounder further states that adequate sugar buffer stocks are available and that sugar production in 2025–26 is expected to remain sufficient.