Union Food Minister Sharad Pawar on Friday said retail prices of pulses, edible oil, milk and vegetables had been rising in the last six months.
“There are few items (essential commodities) where there is no improvement in prices…retail prices of pulses such as urad dal and moong dal, edible oils like groundnut oil and vanaspati, milk and potato have shown a marginal increase in the last six months,” Mr. Pawar told the Rajya Sabha during question hour. The government, however, had taken steps to contain food inflation, he said.
The prices of urad and moong dal had increased by Rs.3 a kg from Rs.70 and Rs.80 six months ago. Groundnut oil prices were still ruling firm at Rs.115 a kg and milk at Rs. 24 a kg. But sugar prices came down to Rs. 30 now from Rs. 45 a kg a couple of weeks ago.
