Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government on Thursday decided to start more fair price shops for selling vegetables and essential commodities and make available more rice to both below poverty line (BPL) and above poverty line (APL) card holders to check the spurt in the prices of food items.
Besides the 347 vegetable outlets opened recently by various government agencies, another 100 retail shops would be opened by state-owned Consumerfed, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram after a high-level meeting that took stock of the price situation.
Consumerfed would also open one thousand 'Nanma' fair price shops for essential commodities.
The supply of rice at Rs.16 per kg through the outlets of Civil Supplies Corporation would continue. Consumerfed would supply the much sought after 'Jaya brand rice' and Kuruva at Rs.22 per kg and Rs.19 per kg respectively , Mr Chandy said.
Steps would also be taken to check hoarding and stringent action would be taken against people who indulge in malpractices and create artificial scarcity to push up rice prices, Mr Chandy added.
Besides the 347 vegetable outlets opened recently by various government agencies, another 100 retail shops would be opened by state-owned Consumerfed, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told reporters in Thiruvananthapuram after a high-level meeting that took stock of the price situation.
Consumerfed would also open one thousand 'Nanma' fair price shops for essential commodities.
The supply of rice at Rs.16 per kg through the outlets of Civil Supplies Corporation would continue. Consumerfed would supply the much sought after 'Jaya brand rice' and Kuruva at Rs.22 per kg and Rs.19 per kg respectively , Mr Chandy said.
Advertisement
Steps would also be taken to check hoarding and stringent action would be taken against people who indulge in malpractices and create artificial scarcity to push up rice prices, Mr Chandy added.
Advertisement
COMMENTS
Advertisement
Nurse Raped, Killed On Way Home, Body Found 9 Days Later In UP "Don't Expect Anything From Me": Kolkata Hospital's New Principal Loses Cool Rahul Gandhi's Seat At Red Fort Triggers Fresh Congress Attack On BJP Left, BJP, Creating Unrest: Mamata Banerjee On Midnight Attack At Hospital 'Don't Club Us With Others,' Says Manipur's Thadou Tribe, Waits For Peace Plan More Monkey Pox Cases Likely To Hit Europe Soon, Says WHO Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.