Prices of 16 more food items, including eggs, millets, and spices, may be tracked by the Price Monitoring Division (PMD) on a daily basis, given the recent spike in retail prices of several essential commodities.
Key points
- Currently, the Price Monitoring Division (PMD) tracks the daily prices of 22 commodities (Rice, Wheat, Atta, Gram Dal, Tur (Arhar) Dal, Urad Dal , Moong Dal, Masur Dal, Sugar, Gur, Groundnut Oil, Mustard Oil, Vanaspati, Sunflower Oil, Soya Oil, Palm Oil, Tea, Milk, Potato, Onion, Tomato and Salt) based on data collected from 505 market centres spread across the country representing North, West, East, South and North-eastern regions of the country.
- Price Monitoring Division (PMD) in the Department of Consumer Affairs is responsible for monitoring prices of selected essential commodities.
- The activities of the division include monitoring of the retail and wholesale prices, and spot and future prices of selected essential commodities on a daily basis.
- Prices are reported daily on the website.
- Retail and wholesale prices of 22 commodities from 505 centers are received daily from the State Civil Supplies Departments of the respective State Governments through Mobile App developed by the Department.
