India, the world’s second-largest sugar producer, may decide on allowing more sugar exports after September, Food Minister K V Thomas said on Tuesday.
“We are not in a hurry at all (for more sugar exports) as global prices are likely to remain steady until January,” the minister told reporters.
Thomas also directed states to improve the lifting of grains meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) and also allocations made for other schemes.
“These allocations have been made at subsidised rates, but the off take so far is only around 50 per cent,” he added during a interaction with food ministers and secretaries of major food consuming states.