Minister directs daily marketing inspection over report of rising pulses, sugar prices

NEW DELHI: Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain on Friday expressed concerns over reports of rising retail prices of pulses and sugar and directed officials of his department to conduct daily inspection of the markets. The officials of the department, however, informed the minister that prices of pulses and sugar were 'stable' in the Capital. "Hussain reviewed the retail prices situation of pulses and sugar. He expressed concern over media reports regarding rising retail prices of pulses and sugar. The department informed that the prices of pulses and sugar are stable in Delhi," a government statement said.

The meeting was attended by officers of the marketing and intelligence cell, food and civil supplies department. "There was no price rise either in the wholesale market or in the retail market. Marketing and intelligence cell checks the wholesale as well as retail prices regularly," the department officials told the minister.

Hussain directed the department to carry out inspections of the wholesale markets -- Azadpur Mandi, Okhla Mandi, Ghazipur Mandi and Keshopur Mandi. He also ordered the inspection of retail markets in different parts of Delhi as well. It was directed to send teams comprising officers from the market intelligence cell, enforcement branch and circle offices of the food and civil supplies department to these markets on a daily basis, it said.