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Govt imposes stock limit on bulk sugar consumers
The government today imposed stock limit on bulk sugar consumers, allowing them to keep quantities sufficient for only 15 days of their consumption at any point of time. The stock limit would be in force for six months and would be applicable to consumers whose monthly sugar consumption is at least one tonne, the government said in a statement. The move will affect confectioneries, large biscuit and beverage producing units.
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Wheat export ban to stay

India, the world’s second-biggest producer of wheat, won’t end a ban on exports of the cereal to avoid food shortages after drought and floods damaged crops of rice and sugar cane. - Wheat export ban back in force">Wheat export ban back in force - Govt lifts ban on wheat export - A wheat mountain “There is a need to conserve grains within the country,” Junior Food Minister K V Thomas said in New Delhi today. “We want to restrict exports.” India, which last imported wheat in 2007 and this year became a net buyer of sugar, wants to ensure adequate food supplies after the driest monsoon rains in more than three decades caused a drought in almost half the country. Recent floods in the southern states may further cut cane and rice output, said Thomas. The monsoon-sown rice output will fall 10 million tonnes from last year’s record as inadequate rainfall forced farmers to pare acreage by 6.1 million hectares. Duty-free purchases of refined sugar will be permitted until May or June to bolster supplies, Farm Minister Sharad Pawar said last month.


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