26 August : The Central Government had made an additional festival allocation of 2400 M.Ts of levy sugar to Kerala for Onam festival vide order dated 15th July, 2008. Another additional allocation of 1100 M.Ts of levy sugar has also been made for Onam festival vide order dated 25th August, 2008. Both aforesaid allocations are in addition to the regular annual festival quota of 3600 M.Ts which has already been released to Kerala. Thus, the total allocation of levy sugar for Onam festival to Kerala is 7100 M.Ts.
The Central Government has also made an additional allocation of 1000 M.Ts of levy sugar to Tripura for Durga Puja. Their regular festival quota of 302 M.Ts has already been released. Thus, the total allocation of levy sugar made to Tripura for Durga Puja festival is 1302 M.Ts.