Chandigarh/New Delhi: Bringing national laurels to the state, Punjab’s five cooperative sugar mills have won national awards for financial management, cane development and technical efficiency at the National Cooperative Sugar Industry Conclave-2026 in New Delhi. Punjab Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Gurmeet Singh Khudian received the awards from Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari.
During the conclave, under the Financial Management (Other Recovery Area) category, The Batala Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. secured second position. In the Best Cane Development (Other Recovery Area) category, both The Fazilka Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. and The Budhewal Cooperative Sugar Mills Ltd. both secured second position.
Speaking on the occasion, Khudian said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the state government is laying special emphasis on adopting modern techniques to increase sugarcane productivity, improve sugar recovery and reduce cost of cultivation. He said that winning national awards by five sugar mills of the state is a matter of great pride for Punjab.
Social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube are being utilized to provide farmers with timely field updates and the latest technical information regarding sugarcane. Technical information has already been imparted to approximately 15,000 farmers through 320 training camps conducted by PAU sugarcane experts, the Agriculture Department, and field staff of sugar mills.
