Govt issues Sugar Price ( Control) Order 2018

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New Delhi : Pursuant to the decisions taken by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) at its meeting held on june 6, 2018, the Department of Food & Public Distribution (DF&PD) on June 7 issued the Sugar Price (Control) Order, 2018.

Under the provisions of the Sugar Price (Control) Order, 2018, no producer of sugar shall sell white/refined sugar at factory gate at a rate below Rs 29/kg until further orders. No producer of sugar shall hold the quantity of white/refined sugar stock at the end of the each month as specified by Government every month, according to a PIB release.