MARKET DEVELOPMENT
Data on Prices of Essential Commodities Available Online
Data on Prices of Essential Commodities Available Online
04/12/2014 (Hindu Business Line) - If someone wants to have an authentic data on the prices of rice or wheat or pulses or vegetables in the open market in Chennai, the website of the Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department (http://www.consumer.tn.gov.in/) has it.
Titled “Know the Daily & Weekly Prices of Essential Commodities,” it has three pages for essential commodities, for vegetables and the weekly average prices.
As for the pages dealing with the prices of essential commodities and vegetables, the current prices are compared with what prevailed on the corresponding day last year. As regards the vegetables, the prices in four places – Kothawal Bazaar, Pulianthope, T. Nagar and Adyar – are taken into account.
The wholesale prices, as prevalent at the Koyambedu market, are also provided.
Prices up
In the page on the weekly stage average prices, 33 commodities are listed including vegetables. The price position for the last three months; for the previous week and for the previous year is furnished. A cursory perusal of the page reveals that except in respect of six commodities such as Bengalgram dhal, Bellary onion, Kar onion, gingelly oil, palm oil and ‘atta,’ the prices of all other commodities have gone up in the last one year, ranging from 0.23 per cent for ‘ragi’ to about 91 per cent for beans. The prices of different variants of rice have fluctuated between 2.4 per cent and 9.2 per cent.
An official of the department says that there will be no problem with regard to the supply of pulses in fair price shops this month as orders have been placed with suppliers for toor dhal and urad dhal.
Renewal of ration cards
On the insertion of sheets to renew ration cards, the official says that the work is expected to begin in a week as the field officials have been asked to prepare registers of beneficiaries for every fair price shop before they start renewing the ration cards.
Titled “Know the Daily & Weekly Prices of Essential Commodities,” it has three pages for essential commodities, for vegetables and the weekly average prices.
As for the pages dealing with the prices of essential commodities and vegetables, the current prices are compared with what prevailed on the corresponding day last year. As regards the vegetables, the prices in four places – Kothawal Bazaar, Pulianthope, T. Nagar and Adyar – are taken into account.
The wholesale prices, as prevalent at the Koyambedu market, are also provided.
Prices up
In the page on the weekly stage average prices, 33 commodities are listed including vegetables. The price position for the last three months; for the previous week and for the previous year is furnished. A cursory perusal of the page reveals that except in respect of six commodities such as Bengalgram dhal, Bellary onion, Kar onion, gingelly oil, palm oil and ‘atta,’ the prices of all other commodities have gone up in the last one year, ranging from 0.23 per cent for ‘ragi’ to about 91 per cent for beans. The prices of different variants of rice have fluctuated between 2.4 per cent and 9.2 per cent.
An official of the department says that there will be no problem with regard to the supply of pulses in fair price shops this month as orders have been placed with suppliers for toor dhal and urad dhal.
Renewal of ration cards
On the insertion of sheets to renew ration cards, the official says that the work is expected to begin in a week as the field officials have been asked to prepare registers of beneficiaries for every fair price shop before they start renewing the ration cards.