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The Government have set up a Price Monitoring Cell (PMC) in the Department of Consumer Affairs to monitor and analyse price data and trends of availability of essential commodities. The Economic Adviser in the Department of Consumer Affairs heads the cell and a Deputy Economic Adviser assisted by Assistant Economic Advisers and Deputy Directors looks after the work of the cell.
PRICE MONITORING
The fifteen essential commodities for which the cell monitors the prices are Rice, Wheat, Atta, Gram Dal, Tur ( Arhar ) Dal, Sugar, Gur, Groundnut Oil, Mustard Oil, Vanaspati,Tea, Milk, Potato,Onion and Salt.Information on Retail Prices is received on daily basis from 18 centres of the country. Similarly, information on Wholesale Prices is received from 37 centres of the country on weekly basis.
The Price Monitoring Cell issues the following reports :
(i) Retail Prices – Daily
(ii) Wholesale Prices – Weekly
2. The commodity-wise varieties reported by all the reported centres as under :
DETAILS OF VARIETY/ BRAND / PACKING FOR WHICH RETAIL PRICES ARE REPORTED BY
DIFFERENT CENTRES
|
CENTRE |
RICE |
WHEAT |
GRAM DAL |
TUR DAL |
SUGAR |
GROUNDNUT OIL |
|
North Zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delhi |
Permal |
Dara |
FAQ |
FAQ |
M-30 |
Dalda Refined |
|
Shimla |
Permal |
Kalyan |
FAQ |
FAQ |
M-30 |
Ginni |
|
Lucknow |
Common/Coarse |
Mexican |
FAQ |
FAQ |
FAQ |
Ordinary |
|
West Zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mumbai |
Medium |
Medium-Lokvan |
Medium |
Medium |
M-30 |
Ordinary/Loose |
|
Bhopal |
Jhilli |
W.H.(Ordinary) |
Medium |
Medium |
Maharashtra S |
Drum |
|
Ahmedabad |
Common/Coarse |
Common(Tukdi) |
Navjivan |
Chatur |
C-30 Maharashtra |
Ordinary |
|
Jaipur |
Common/Coarse |
Sona Kalyan |
Medium |
Medium |
FAQ |
Bansi/Refined |
|
East Zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kolkata |
Coarse |
Not Traded |
FAQ |
FAQ |
FAQ |
Postman/Refined |
|
Bhubaneswar |
Common |
Mexican |
FAQ |
FAQ |
M-30 |
Refined/Arpan |
|
Agartala |
Coarce |
Not Traded |
FAQ |
FAQ |
FAQ |
Not Traded |
|
Aizwal |
Grade'A' |
Common |
Not Traded |
FAQ |
Ordinary |
Not Traded |
|
Guwahati |
Common/Coarse |
Not Traded |
FAQ |
FAQ |
FAQ |
Ordinary |
|
Patna |
Common/Coarse |
Common |
FAQ |
FAQ |
Ordinary |
Refined/Arpan |
|
Shilong |
Common/Coarse |
Not Traded |
FAQ |
FAQ |
FAQ |
Ordinary |
|
South Zone |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chennai |
Common/Coarse |
Mexican |
Jothi |
Jothi |
E-30(Loose) |
Ordinary-Kaleka |
|
Hydearbad |
Hamsa |
Common |
FAQ |
Tandur |
Crystal |
Non-Refined |
|
Bangalore |
Hamsa |
Pooja |
R.M. |
Shivalinga |
Chikkodi |
Ordinary |
|
Trivandrum |
Champa Red |
Mexican |
Not Traded |
FAQ |
M-30 |
Gopuram Loose |
FAQ : Fair Average Quality | 
