Govt considering allowing sugar exports in 2025-26 season; committee of ministers likely to meet next week to decide on this: Report

The government is considering permitting sugar exports in the 2025–26 sugar season as surplus stocks have accumulated following lower-than-expected diversion of sugar for ethanol production, a senior government official said on Wednesday, reported PTI. Union Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra told PTI that sugar mills diverted only 3.4 million tonnes of sugar for ethanol manufacturing in … Continue reading Govt considering allowing sugar exports in 2025-26 season; committee of ministers likely to meet next week to decide on this: Report