date:Jan 18, 2013
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The government should also consider that the price of sugar has not increased so much in the last 10 years as compared to other food items, whereas the production cost, including that of raw material, has increased drastically. The marginal rise in sugar prices would not affect the consumer so much as only 30 per cent of the total production is used by the housewives directly, whereas rest of the production goes to the bulk users, he added.
On an average, a family uses maximum 4-5kg sugar