KOLHAPUR: Most sugar factories in the district have received the soft loan assistance of Rs 291.76 crore from the Centre after they filed reports confirming payments to farmers for last season. The office of joint director, sugar commissioner, Kolhapur has prepared a detailed report of loan amount and its disbursement to the farmers. About 15 of the 20 sugar factories from Kolhapur district have benefited from the scheme. Only one sugar factory in the district - Mahadik Sugars in Farale (Radhanagari tehsil) - has not received any financial assistance so far. The Sarsenapati Santaji Ghorpade Cooperative Sugar Factory in Kagal tehsil did not apply for the scheme. Another factory, Tatyasaheb Kore Warna Cooperative Sugar Factory Ltd, has received only a partial amount of its total loan proposal. Out of Rs 47.11 crore proposed in its loan documents, it has received only Rs 23 crore from the union government. All the factories had submitted the reports of total payment being made to the accounts of farmers in the district. Most of the farmers have their accounts with Kolhapur district central cooperative bank as well as with nationalised banks, where the soft loan amount has been disbursed, the report said. The Union government had earlier this year announced a soft loan package for the ailing sugar factories in the country. The total package of Rs 6,000 crore was announced and was to be disbursed as soft loan to the factories. The government stated that the soft loan scheme was only for those factories that would submit the report of payment of 75% of sugarcane purchase amount based on FRP formula to the farmers. P G Medhe, consultant to Chhatrapati Rajaram Cooperative Sugar Factory Ltd said, the strict rules introduced by the Union government had put a lot of pressure on the sugar factories. The factories are more connected to the farmers than the government but still the entire treatment towards the factories has been strict and complicated. Meanwhile, three cooperative sugar factories in the district have also produced raw sugar, as per the appeal made by the union government in late January this year. Though the season was almost ending, Chhatrapati Shahu Cooperative Sugar Factory produced 2,29,550 quintals raw sugar and exported it. The Warna cooperative produced 2,85,555 quintals of raw sugar along with its existing stock of 61,378 quintal before the beginning of the season 2014-15. The factory could export only 1,92,875 quintal while the rest of the raw sugar is still with the factory. Udaysingh Gaikwad cooperative sugar factory from Shahuwadi tehsil also produced 85,210 quintal raw sugar but exported only 60,400 quintals so far, stated the report generated by the joint directors office.