Rice from millers to local retailers: Telangana Civil Supplies Department’s new measure to control prices
Officials strongly advised middlemen against creating rumours on rice shortage to increase prices
On November 9, the Telangana Civil Supplies Department introduced a new strategy to curb rice prices by directly supplying the grains from millers to local retailers, bypassing wholesalers and traders. Retailers were instructed to submit their stock requests to the relevant District Civil Supplies Officer (DCSO) to receive rice directly from the mills.
The department strongly cautioned against middlemen spreading rumors of stock shortages to drive up prices. Director G.V. Shyam Prasad Lal urged retailers not to panic or raise prices due to fabricated pressures. The price caps, set ten days prior, limit the retail price of three fine rice varieties to ₹66 per kg for BPT and KNM rice, ₹74 per kg for RNR and Telangana Sona, and ₹79 per kg for HMT and JSR varieties.
Retailers were mandated to display these maximum retail prices (MRP) prominently. The Civil Supplies Department's Enforcement Task Force, in collaboration with Legal Metrology, has been conducting checks to detect violations, such as selling underweight bags and marking higher MRPs. The department plans to enforce the PD Act against repeat offenders.
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