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The Department of Food and Public Distribution has doubled the sugar stockholding limit for bulk consumers from 15 days to 30 days of consumption ahead of the festive season, easing a tighter cap it had imposed from 1 September after a sharp price rise in August. The relaxation applies to industrial users consuming more than 10 tonnes of sugar a month for production or processing, but any stock held beyond the earlier 15 day limit must be sourced from imported sugar brought in under the Tariff Rate Quota or Advance Authorisation Scheme, not the domestic open market. The original order remains in force from 1 September to 30 November 2026.