Soaring prices of sugar could be controlled by a simple change in policy, of restricting branded item bulk consumer from using domestic sugar, MPCC spokesperson Kanhaiyalal Gidwani said here today.
"The current price of Rs50 per kg can be got below Rs40 and an additional 40 lakh MT sugar will be available for the open market due to the policy change," he said.
Branded item bulk consumers should be made to use only imported sugar and in three months, they should not be allowed to hold sugar produced locally, else action under Essential Commodities Act be initiated against them, he said.
"I have written to the prime minister and had a detailed discussion with Sharad Pawar, Union minister for agriculture, food and consumer affairs," Gidwani told PTI.
The government has to only make a change in its sugar control policy, restricting the branded item bulk consumer from using domestic sugar, Gidwani said.
