Sugar Price Control Order Released

· No Sale of Sugar below Rs. 29/kg at Factory Gate Allowed

· Stock Level to be Determined by Government

· Search and Seizure powers under Criminal Procedure Code to Government Officers

Implementation of decisions taken by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) regarding interventions to deal with the current crisis in the sugar sector

[07 June 2018]

Pursuant to the decisions taken by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting held on 06.06.2018, Department of Food & Public Distribution (DF&PD) has issued the following orders/notifications on 07.06.2018

a) Sugar Price (Control) Order, 2018

b) Order under the provisions of the Sugar Price (Control) Order, 2018 directing that no producer of sugar shall sell white/refined sugar at factory gate at a rate below Rs. 29/kg till further orders;

c) Order directing that 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.

d) Order directing the quantity of white/refined sugar stock that every producer of sugar shall hold at the end of June, 2018.

[Sugar Price (Control) Order, 2018]