The price of a kilo of sugar in the retail market has risen to between 160 and 170 rupees, according to market sources.
It is said that as the price of sugar has gone beyond the control price, the wholesalers issue sugar only to their most loyal customers.
Wholesale prices of sugar have risen by between 145 and 155 rupees, according to retailers.
Although the Sathosa states that they release sugar at a controlled price, consumers allege that the Sathosa often mentions that sugar has been sold out when they went to purchase sugar.
They also say that there is no shortage of brown sugar in Sathosa. White sugar is sold at supermarkets at controlled prices. But even in the supermarkets, there is a shortage of sugar at present, and in many places, sugar is released at only a kilo or two of sugar when consumers purchase other goods to a certain value.
