Retailers and quick-commerce platforms including D-Mart, BigBasket, Blinkit and Swiggy Instamart have started limiting sugar purchases as supplies tighten ahead of the festive season. Retail sugar prices have risen about 40% in two months.

Sugar stocks rose sharply on Monday as domestic sugar prices climbed above Rs 50 per kg amid tight inventories and supply concerns. Festive demand, adverse weather in key…

At the beginning of this sugar season (October 1, 2025; it ends on September 30, 2026), the government and the industry prepared for a surplus | India News