The district administration has fixed the prices of various essential commodities for the general market in consultation with wholesale retailers, vendors and consumer representatives and the prices have been reduced of Basin and some pulses.
In this connection, a meeting of the District Price Control Committee was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali. ADC R Mian Aftab Ahmed, Extra Assistant Director Agricultural Marketing Abdul Rehman, DO Industries Shahbaz Khan, other officers from different departments and representatives of business organizations also attended the meeting.
During the meeting, the prices of various commodities were set unanimously for the general markets, taking into consideration the fluctuations in the current market prices of different commodities and their availability rates. According to the detail the basin will sold Rs 122 per Kg in the open market and the price of sugar will be Rs 75. The price of White gram (Mota) will be Rs105 and price of 1kg White gram (Bareek) will be Rs 81. Black gram mota and bareek will be sold on Rs 120 and 110 respectively. Gram Pulse price 120 and 110, the price of Mong pulse unwashed will 205, Pulse Mash washed price 185 per Kg and unwashed rice of pulse mash will be Rs.120. The price of pulse masoor is Rs 100 and 155 respectively.
Rice super col new will be sold in Rs 125 and old rice has fixed Rs 135. Arri Rice price Rs 40 and 20 kg bag of flour has fixed Rs805. The red chili grinded pack will be sold Rs 400 in the open market and milk price will be 80, Yugard price has fixed Rs85 while the one kg rate o mutton will be 750 and Beef will be sold at Rs 375. The price of Roti of 100 gram will sold at RS 6.
Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Ali asked the traders and associations of Karyana to sell the essential commodities on fixed rate so the consumers could be facilitated. He directed the Price Control Magistrates for regular inspections of the markets to check the prices of commodities.