The Centre on Wednesday decided to make available 19.97-lakh tonnes of sugar for the festival month of October.
Of this, 2.47-lakh tonnes will be levy sugar to be sold through the Public Distribution System.
According to the Food Ministry, the total quantity of 19.97-lakh tonnes was sufficient to meet the internal demand of sugar for the month.
Sugar factories have been directed to sell/deliver and dispatch the entire non-levy quantity released for October only within the validity period of the release order, which is till October 31.
