Prices of important kitchen items, including chicken meat, vegetable, pulses, sugar, flour and others have remained high-side in the previous week as compared to preceding week, according to survey carried out by Business Recorder here on Sunday.
The price of live chicken/meat has touched new peak in retail market as available at Rs 201 per kg, which was selling at Rs 171 per kg in the previous week, the survey notice, it added that a dozen of farm eggs are being sold at Rs 90 and Rs 100 in local market.
Due to lack of any mechanism and price fixing by local administration, it was observed that butchers have sharpened their knives to start squeezing inflation-hit masses with artificial rates of the cow meat as it had gone up at Rs 450 per kg, which was selling at Rs 300 and Rs 400 per kg in the previous week.
Similarly, the survey witnessed that price of sugar is also sky-high in retail market as available at Rs 70 per kg which was available at Rs 65 per kg. Gram flour (baisen) rate increased at Rs 130 per kg against the price of Rs 120 per kg. The upward trend in prices of almost all food grains/pulses have registered due to unchecked by the authorities concerned. Good quality rice (sela) is being sold at Rs 140 per kg against the price of Rs 130 per kg in the previous week. Toota rice is being available at Rs 70 and Rs 80 per kg in local market.
Likewise, the dal mash is being sold at Rs 140 per kg against the rate of Rs 130 per kg in the last week. Dal masoor is being sold at Rs 100 per kg against the price of Rs 90 per kg; dal channa priced at Rs 120 per kg, dhoti dal is being sold at Rs 130 and Rs 140 per kg.
Big-size white channa is being sold at Rs 140 per kg against the price of Rs 120 per kg in the previous week in retail market. Tajikistani red-bean is being sold at Rs 120 per kg while locally produced red-bean priced at Rs 180 per kg.
An increase of Rs 30 per kg was witnessed in price of moonge as it was available at Rs 150 per kg which was selling at Rs 120 per kg in the last week. Likewise, the white lobiya is being sold at Rs 120 per kg against the price of Rs 110 per kg.
Similarly, Dal chilka (green) is available at Rs 130 per kg, while dal chilka (black) priced at Rs 140 per kg. Prices of almost all brand/quality cooking oil and ghee have registered increase by Rs 5 to Rs 10 per kg/litre in retail market, as available within range of Rs 170 and Rs 180 per litre/kg and Rs 190 and Rs 200 per kg/litre.
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