New Delhi, Nov 21: Cabinet Secretary PK Sinha reviewed the prices and availability of essential commodities with some of the major States producing pulses, tomatoes and onions.
Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka participated in the meeting through video conferencing on Friday.
Senior officials of union Ministries of Agriculture, Food, Commerce & Industry and Central Agencies dealing with these commodities attended the meeting.
The focus was on completion of the process of disposal of seized pulses back in the market by the States.
Sinha said that it should be completed at the earliest and directed the Central and State procurement agencies and organizations to participate in the auction for the disposal of the seized pulses.
State Governments informed that perceptible decline in the prices of pulses has been registered and further moderation is expected because of arrivals of new crops and release of seized commodities.
Regarding prices of tomatoes, they said recent rise in the prices is due to inclement weather in some parts of the states and soon situation will improve.
The Cabinet Secretary asked the agencies of ministries of Food and Agriculture to step up operations for procurement of pulses.
