Kathmandu. The government has decided to provide a grant of Rs 1.50 billion to sugarcane farmers.

Minister for Agriculture, Forest and Environment, Geeta Chaudhary, on Thursday approved the work procedure related to the subsidy to be provided to the sugarcane farmers as an incentive, according to his private secretariat.

The subsidy amount will be distributed to the farmers of Bardiya, Rautahat, Kailali and Kanchanpur. The government has been providing Rs 70 per quintal as subsidy to sugarcane farmers annually.