Sugar Package

Fssai launches project to check microplastic contamination in food

The Food and Agriculture Organization (Fao) had recently highlighted the presence of microplastics in common food items such as sugar and salt

Windfall for sugar mills as Centre allows export of alcohol-based sanitiser

Hit by the slump in sugar demand following lockdown and consequent subdued realisations, mills have run up huge farmers' outstanding pertaining to the current sugar season 2019-20

Govt's ethanol-blending policy needs stimulus to adhere to 2022 timeline

The policy, which could be a viable and long-term answer to the cyclicality in the sugar sector

Sugar package purely domestic issue, not distorted global trade: Govt

A number of questions on India's sugar policies have been raised in the WTO Committee on Agriculture from time to time

Sugar tale of two states: Sops to benefit Maharashtra mills, UP has to wait

The government recently took measures such as creating a buffer stock and re-introducing release order mechanism

Rs 70-bn gift not sweet enough? Sugar mills seek 25% hike in ethanol prices

The sugar package is certainly going to benefit distilleries in the long run, provided ethanol price is increased by 1.5 times, an industry insider said