The Maharashtra government today said it would extend financial aid of 2,100 crore rupees to sugar mills but they must give fair and remunerative price (FRP) to farmers. Cooperatives Minister Chandrakant Patil said in Mumbai that the government will provide 2,100 crore rupees to help the distressed sugars mills, however, it will initiate criminal proceedings against the mills which fail to pay FRP to sugarcane producers.Talking to reporters, Patil added that the government will consider withdrawing cases registered in the last ten years against the farmers in the course of agitations of sugarcane growers if the offence was not serious.