Proposal to allow sale of raw sugar in domestic sector

29-Aug-2024 08:56 PM

New Delhi. The Central Government has proposed to allow the sale of raw sugar in the domestic market.

It is known that for more than six decades, its sale in the domestic sector has been banned and only its export abroad has been allowed.

If a positive decision is taken on this proposal, then decades old ban will end. This proposal is a part of the draft of Sugar (Control) Order, 2024 issued by the Union Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution.

Many other proposals have also been included in this draft. Raw sugar is unwashed and centrifugal sugar whose minimum polarization is 96.59 degrees.

The original layer of sher is deposited around it, which is extracted from the crushing of sugarcane. When this sugar is purified and crystallized,

it becomes refined sugar whose polarization is not less than 99.8 Z. The sale of raw sugar was rampant in the 1950s but was later discontinued. Indian millers now produce raw sugar only for export purposes and foreign refiners process it into pure granulated sugar.