Essential food items News
Government has asked the states to remove all local taxes on essential food items, like pulses and edible oils, among other steps to ensure supplies at affordable prices.
Prices of both pulses and onions rose unabated last month or so due to a fall in domestic production.
The government on Thursday said it will not allow prices of essential food items to increase due to the impact of possible deficient monsoon this year.
The Centre on Tuesday unveiled measures to tame inflation by asking state governments to crack down on hoarders and delist items such as onions and potato on which a minimum export price was slapped to discourage exports.
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