According to PTI reports, Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah assured leaders from Maharashtra that necessary steps would be taken soon to help the beleaguered sugar industry in the state, including raising the quota for export of the sweetener.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis had led a delegation of BJP leaders associated with the sugar cooperative industry.
After the meeting Fadnavis is quoted as saying grievances regarding difficulty in accessing working capital, margin money, loan restructuring and making available funds for setting up ethanol projects would be addressed.