Adopting dual pricing policy for sugar is not administratively feasible, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution C.R. Chaudhary said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha. The minister said the central government had deregulated sugar in 2013, and prices of the commodity and related products have since been market driven and are not subject to any pricing policy of the government. The government of Maharashtra had suggested the ministry to consider a dual pricing policy for the sweetener to aid its prices and benefit sugar factories and sugarcane growers.