Mumbai: Amidst plummeting sugar prices in international markets, the Maharashtra Government today expressed helplessness in monetarily assisting mill owners to pay fair and remunerative price to cane growers, saying there is not enough money to even pay salaries of its employees.

"Due to drop in sugar prices, sugar factories are not being able to give fair and remunerative price (FRP) to farmers. According to the central government rules, it will be a criminal offence if they fail to pay FRP to farmers.