Though the state government feels that the prices of essential commodities like superfine variety of rice and tur dal have stabilized, the market reality is quite different. While superfine variety of rice continues to be sold at Rs 34 per kg, tur dal is still being sold at Rs 100 a kg.
Chief minister K Rosaiah, who reviewed the prices of essential commodities on Wednesday, directed officials to go in for market intervention schemes and intensify raids on hoarders and black-marketeers. He also directed that the revamped Food Advisory Committees and Price Monitoring Committees should meet regularly and monitor the price situation in the state.
According to a press release, officials had informed the chief minister that 500 gms of tur dal per month was being supplied to white card holders at the rate of Rs 45 per kg. From October 1, the white card holders would also get one kg of chana dal at Rs 30 per kg per month.
It was also decided to convene a meeting of dal and rice millers to seek their cooperation in selling them at reasonable prices even in the open market. The officials told Rosaiah that the civil supplies department had opened 496 counters for selling rice and dal at lesser rates than the open market. The chief minister expressed concern over the rise in the price of sugar and asked the officials to see that it was stabilized particularly in view of the festival season ahead.
The government will also issue a GO on incentives to be provided to the informants who report the hoarding and black-marketing, and to the officials who raid and seize the stocks in two days. The informants and the officials will be given two per cent of the value of the seized goods. The state government has written to the Centre on the need to fix maximum prices of preferred variety of rice and tur dal so that the seized stocks could be released into the market.
Interestingly, the prices of preferred superfine rice, fine/common variety rice, black gram, green gram, bengal gram, tamarind, chillies, onions, groundnut oil, sunflower oil and palmolien oil increased this month compared to last month. The price of red gram, however, showed a downward trend.
Further, according to the government, retail prices of Tomato, Brinjal, Bhendi, Greeen Chillies, Bitter Gourd, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrot and Onions remained the same as those in September last year. However, there has been a slight increase in the prices of Potatoes, and Ribbed Gourd.
Chief minister K Rosaiah, who reviewed the prices of essential commodities on Wednesday, directed officials to go in for market intervention schemes and intensify raids on hoarders and black-marketeers. He also directed that the revamped Food Advisory Committees and Price Monitoring Committees should meet regularly and monitor the price situation in the state.
According to a press release, officials had informed the chief minister that 500 gms of tur dal per month was being supplied to white card holders at the rate of Rs 45 per kg. From October 1, the white card holders would also get one kg of chana dal at Rs 30 per kg per month.
It was also decided to convene a meeting of dal and rice millers to seek their cooperation in selling them at reasonable prices even in the open market. The officials told Rosaiah that the civil supplies department had opened 496 counters for selling rice and dal at lesser rates than the open market. The chief minister expressed concern over the rise in the price of sugar and asked the officials to see that it was stabilized particularly in view of the festival season ahead.
The government will also issue a GO on incentives to be provided to the informants who report the hoarding and black-marketing, and to the officials who raid and seize the stocks in two days. The informants and the officials will be given two per cent of the value of the seized goods. The state government has written to the Centre on the need to fix maximum prices of preferred variety of rice and tur dal so that the seized stocks could be released into the market.
Interestingly, the prices of preferred superfine rice, fine/common variety rice, black gram, green gram, bengal gram, tamarind, chillies, onions, groundnut oil, sunflower oil and palmolien oil increased this month compared to last month. The price of red gram, however, showed a downward trend.
Further, according to the government, retail prices of Tomato, Brinjal, Bhendi, Greeen Chillies, Bitter Gourd, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Carrot and Onions remained the same as those in September last year. However, there has been a slight increase in the prices of Potatoes, and Ribbed Gourd.
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