The Government has released 41 lakh tonnes of free sale sugar for the quarter January to March, 2007. For the month of January 2007, the Government has released the free sale sugar quota of 13 lakh tonnes. In addition, a quality of 1.84 lakh tonnes has been released as levy sugar for distribution under Public Distribution System (PDS). Thus, the total availability of sugar for consumption in the month of January, 2007 would be 14.84 lakh tonnes. The sugar released for January 2007 is required to be sold within the month and any unsold quantity at the end of the month would be converted into levy sugar.
The January-March 2007 quota of free sale sugar of 41 lakh tonnes as well as the January 2007 quota of 13 lakh tonnes is expected to maintain the retail prices of sugar at reasonable level. However, if sugar prices show any abnormal increasing trend, additional releases shall be made.
MP:CP:sugarquota28.12.2006
(Release ID :23650)