Govt releases 13 lakh tonnes sugar for freesale in June

New Delhi, Jun 1 (UNI) The Government today released 13 lakh tonnes of sugar as quota of domestic free sale for June, 2006.

With a levy quota release of 1.55 lakh tonnes for the month, the total availability of sugar for the current month would be 14.55 lakh metric tonnes.

The Government would also convert such quantities of free sale quota sugar into levy sugar which the sugar mills do not sell during June 2006, as per the Release Order, issued in this regard.

With enough stocks in hand, the Government would not hesitate in releasing further quantities of sugar in case requirement so demands, according to an official release here.

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