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Informist, Thursday, Apr. 30, 2026

 

NEW DELHI – The government has withheld sugar sales quota for May of 16 mills as they misreported and violated stockholding limit in previous months. Therefore, now the notified sales quota for pan-India sugar mills have been lowered at 2.18 million tonnes for May, against the earlier announced quota of 2.25 million tonnes.

 

"On examination of the closing stock reported by sugar mills in the P2 form for the month of March, 2026, the reported closing stock is lower than the stock calculated as per the data provided by the mill," the notification said. The government allocates the maximum quantity of sugar that can be sold in a month by a mill and state to check prices and help mills clear the arrears of sugarcane farmers.

 

On Monday, the government had announced the sales quota for May at 2.25 million tonnes, down from 2.30 million tonnes in April, the Department of Food and Public Distribution said in a post on the social media platform X. In May 2025, the sales limit was 2.35 million tonnes. 

 

Among major states, the government has lowered May sugar sales quota for Karnataka by 19% and Maharashtra by 18% from April. However, it has raised it for Uttar Pradesh by 11% on month, according to the notification.

 

The following table details the major state-wise allocation of sugar sales limits for May, with the month-ago level, and the month-on-month change in percentage:
 

State	May (in tonnes)	April (in tonnes)	Change (in %)
Karnataka	266,811	330,283	-19.2
Madhya Pradesh	49,568	49,558	0.02
Maharashtra	666,331	816,908	-18.4
Uttar Pradesh	872,909	783,367	11.4

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Reported by Afra Abubacker

Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury

 

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