The Government has fixed the domestic sugar quota at 13 lakh metric tonnes for the second fortnight of this month. According to an official statement released by the Department of Food and Public Distribution, sugar mills are permitted to sell the sugar produced up to the 30th November, over and above their allocated quota.

This facility is applicable to mills that commenced crushing operations in November or had already started in October. The Department said sugar mills that began crushing operations in October are already permitted to sell the sugar produced during that month in November.