The government on Thursday said it would sell an additional 2 kg of sugar at Rs 13.5 a kg to the poor through ration shops during the festival, even as retail price of the sweetener has doubled to Rs 35 in the last one year.
There would not be any rise in the selling price of sugar at ration shops, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said, while advising media not to sensationalise the price issue at the “difficult time” of shortages.
