The Cooperative Marketing and Textiles Department, Govt. of Maharashtra on January 02, 2026, notified regarding the Incentive Scheme for Cooperative and Private Sugar Factories.
The following has been stated namely: -
• The scheme targets factories with either below 5,000 TCD or above 5,000 TCD capacity, and evaluates them across nine criteria, including timely 100% FRP payment to farmers, performance of other operational departments, sugar recovery rate, increase in per hectare sugarcane yield, use of precision irrigation and technological tools, low carbon emissions, adherence to payment schedules, robust audit and financial management, and compliance with employee strength and wage norms.
• Points are assigned for each criterion (e.g., 15 for timely FRP, 10 for several operational benchmarks, and 107 for sustainability performance), and eligible factories will be ranked based on a two-tier committee selection process involving scrutiny and final selection committees comprising government and industry experts.
• From the shortlisted 12 cooperative and 12 private factories, six of each category will be selected as winners and provided with incentives, with further details on the incentive structure to be notified separately.
[Notification no. - SASAKA 1025 P.No.129/25 S]
