Now, for sugarcane with still higher recoveries, the FRP of 2018-19 along with the new premium for every 0.1 per cent rise in recovery translates into just Rs 7.3 per quintal increase in real terms, a mere 2.47 per cent hike. In case of recoveries, about 11.50 per cent, the increase in FRP in real terms is about Rs 7.65 per quintal. “In 2017-18, sugarcane FRP was Rs 255 a quintal at 9.5 per cent recovery with a premium of Rs 2.68 for every 0.1 per cent in recovery. So, at 10 per cent recovery it was Rs 268.40 per quintal. For 2018-19, it is Rs 275 a quintal at 10 per cent, so effective increase is only Rs 6.60 per quintal an increase of 2.5 per cent,” Sudhir Panwar, former member of UP Planning Commission said in tweet.