The 2021 crop harvest started on 14th June 2021 and the planters cultivating less than 100 Ha land and having delivered their canes to the mills, are being paid advances for 80% of the estimated ex-Syndicate price, provisionally set at Rs 14,750 per ton sugar, at Rs 11,800 per ton sugar, while other categories of producers are being paid advances of 60% at Rs 8,850 per ton sugar.