New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- : The Standing committee held a meeting on Wednesday to review the price and availability situation of onions, tomatoes and pulses and augmenting their supplies.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the secretary of Consumer Affairs Avinash K Srivastava.
The Committee advised agencies like Kendriya Bhandar and Safal to utilise the pulses available in the Central buffer to lower their retail prices. The Kendriya Bhandar indicated that they are selling milled tur dal at Rs 86 per kilogram and can bring the price further down.
The NAFED has been directed to offer the pulses either in the unmilled form at market rate or in the milled form to Delhi Government at prices not exceeding Rs 82 per kilogram.
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