New Delhi, April 7 -- LPG shortage has taken a toll on the sugar demand from restaurants and bulk consumers, impacting overall consumption, said Indian Sugar & Bio-energy Manufacturers Association's (ISMA) Director General, Deepak Ballani.

"Definitely, this has resulted in less consumption of sugar, and this is evident from the kind of dispatches we are seeing by the mills. In spite of a moderate quota released by the Department of Food and Public Distribution (DFPD), the dispatch has been very nominal. We are very concerned by the reduced consumption of sugar," Ballani told ANI on the sidelines of ISMA SugarNXT in New Delhi.

He said that lower availability of LPG has impacted institutional consumption, particularly from restaurants and...