Sugar mills question export quota allotment; Centre says it's transparent

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Though sugar mills across the spectrum both in the cooperative and private sector have questioned the manner in which the government is distributing export release orders post the ban, the government today said it has given ample time to millers and exporters to apply through the online portal and is processing the applications on a first-come-first-serve basis in a timely manner.

“In past few years also, whenever export quota was allocated among sugar mills it was allocated to sugar mills on a pro-rata basis and therefore, this time also in order to maintain transparency and to give opportunity to all