As stocks thin, Centre to track prices of 22 food items in 114 cities

Centre has decided to track the prices of 22 essential food items in 114 cities and other centres more closely and step in where cost goes up by over 15%. Food and consumer affairs minister Ram Vilas Paswan directed government-owned Nafed to fast-track supply of pulses to states. Nafed will supply 1.9 lakh tonnes of pulses per month and it has stock of about 40 lakh tonnes.

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