Sanjeev Chopra |Photograph Credit score: KAMAL NARANG
Sanjeev Chopra, Secretary (Meals) within the Ministry of Shopper Affairs, Meals and Public Distribution, stated on Thursday that the federal government is engaged on amending the Sugar Management Ordinance and making it extra appropriate with business necessities.
Referring to the federal government’s efforts on the annual common assembly of the Indian Sugar and Bioenergy Producers Affiliation (ISMA), he stated, “We’re additionally working to amend the Sugar Regulation Ordinance to make it extra in keeping with immediately’s business necessities.”
Chopra added that the proposed amendments can be submitted for public session. “You may hear about that quickly,” he stated. He didn’t present particulars of the proposed amendments.
In Might this 12 months, the Federal Authorities enacted the Sugar (Management) Order 2025, which changed the earlier rules of 1966. Consequently, uncooked sugar specifically grew to become topic to regulation. The amendments aimed to “simplify and streamline the regulatory framework governing the sugar sector in keeping with present business traits and technological advances.”
