{
  "id": 14713142,
  "title": "Call for picketing mills to stop sugar sales for less than ₹60 per kg",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/call-for-picketing-mills-to-stop-sugar-sales-for-less-than-60-per-kg",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:18:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/call-for-picketing-mills-to-stop-sugar-sales-for-less-than-60-per-kg/article71588521.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Farmers in Karnataka are calling on sugar factory owners to halt sales of sugar until the government revises the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and the Farming Rate Price (FRP) for sugarcane. P.K. Badiger, a farmer leader, urged picketing of mill owners to ensure sugar is not sold for less than ₹60 per kg. Protesting sugarcane farmers were greeted by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan and Police Commissioner Prakash Nikam during a town hall meeting in Belagavi. The protestors have vowed to continue their demonstrations until the government addresses their demands, which also include transparency in harvesting, cutting, and recovery declaration of sugar yields, and payment of dues.",
  "summary": "Farmers welcome the Central panel and hope that it will support their demands by recommending revision of MSP and FRP: Chunappa Pujeri",
  "key_points": [
    "Farmers demand stop to sugar sales under ₹60/kg",
    "P.K. Badiger urges mill owners to picket",
    "Protesters seek MSP, FRP revision, transparency"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}