Dal 160 Rs /kg
I believe there are a lot of middlemen responsible in the rise of commodity prices..
Possible reasons for increase in prices--
--Low agriculture output because of various reasons(Agriculture department needs to check)
--No market available for the agriculture products leading to wastage of the produce..(agriculture department needs to check)
--No infrastructure available for transportation of agro products to the market(transportation minister's jurisdiction)
--THE MASSIVE PURCHASE BY STOCKISTS AND RETAIL OUTLETS LIKE BIGBAZAR,RELIANCE FRESH,SPENCER,SARVANA,MORE etc could also result in shortage of commodities in the local market leading to increase in commodity prices....
---Again the storage cost and transportation to the end customer leads to rise in commodity prices...
There should be a team formed to probe the dal price hike...It should try to identify if there was a reduction in agriculture produce...If not,was the dal wasted because of lack of storage facilities...If not is it available readily which can be transported ...
The most important aspect to be studied here is whether the dal was stocked illegally and beyond the permissible limits and is it due to the growing influence of big retail outlets which are stocking most of the available agriculture produce and earning big money when the prices shoot up....
Also if there are some illegal stockists who try to earn huge because of such activities....
Ghar ki murgi is 140 rs kilo and dal is 160 rs kilo...The murgi is costing less than dal.....very strange...But its a task that needs to be finished fast ensuring that such conditions do not arise in the future... more