Controls Lifted Over Jaggery Production

The Government has decided to do away with the controls over manufacture of jaggery to promote small-scale industries in the sector, besides helping cane growers."The Union Cabinet gave its approval for dispensing with control over jaggery and gave its approval for amending the Sugarcane (control) Order, 1966," Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi said.
He said the amended order would be called Sugarcane (Control) Amendment Order, 2007. The new order will also help sugarcane farmers to dispose off their cane at higher prices, he added. According to a senior government official, the move is aimed at helping small-scale gur industries to grow. "Since sugarcane supplies are in abundance, this will also help the cane farmers besides the gur industry," the official said.The present law restricts jaggery production by such industries to a certain limit.