(a) whether a new Sugar Subsidy Mechanism is proposed to be introduced to partially
de-control the sugar sector;
(b) if so, the details thereof including the total subsidy allocation the Government
proposes to make under the mechanism; and
(c) the benefits likely to accrue therefrom?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF
CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION(PROF. K.V. THOMAS)
(a). No decision regarding de-control of the sugar sector has been taken. As such, the
question of introduction of Sugar Subsidy Mechanism does not arise.
(b). Does not arise.
(c). Does not arise.