Drive against hoarding of essential commodities
Updated: Jul 04, 2014 01:39:03pm
New Delhi, Jul 4 (KNN) As a measure to check price rise of essential commodities, including potatoes and onions in Delhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has directed that a drive against hoarding should be continued to provide maximum relief to the general public.
The decision was taken during a meeting which was attended by the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami and senior officers of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).
As a drive against hoarding by traders, 540 raids were conducted by Delhi Administration on July 1, 2014 on a single day and 1082 premises have been raided in the last one month, said an official release yesterday.
To ensure availability of onions and potatoes at reasonable rates, Delhi Government will increase the strength of mobile vans from the current strength of 60 to 200 for selling these commodities at minimum possible price.
Onions and potatoes will be sold by opening shops within 200 government premises in the next 2 weeks. Currently the sales have been started from 40 government premises since Thursday.
Further, MHA will take up the matter with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) for smooth and enhanced procurement of onions and potatoes for Delhi Government at best possible rates.
Instructions were issued to officials of Delhi Government to immediately finalise an Action Plan of procurement of onions between July 15, 2014 to September 15, 2014 which happens to be the lean period for availability of onions to ensure availability of onions at a reasonable rate during this lean period, the release said.
The government will also launch intensive awareness drive for general public asking them to procure potatoes and onions from 300 shops being opened within government premises and also government mobile vans. (KNN/ST)
The decision was taken during a meeting which was attended by the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, Union Home Secretary Anil Goswami and senior officers of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD).
As a drive against hoarding by traders, 540 raids were conducted by Delhi Administration on July 1, 2014 on a single day and 1082 premises have been raided in the last one month, said an official release yesterday.
To ensure availability of onions and potatoes at reasonable rates, Delhi Government will increase the strength of mobile vans from the current strength of 60 to 200 for selling these commodities at minimum possible price.
Onions and potatoes will be sold by opening shops within 200 government premises in the next 2 weeks. Currently the sales have been started from 40 government premises since Thursday.
Further, MHA will take up the matter with National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) for smooth and enhanced procurement of onions and potatoes for Delhi Government at best possible rates.
Instructions were issued to officials of Delhi Government to immediately finalise an Action Plan of procurement of onions between July 15, 2014 to September 15, 2014 which happens to be the lean period for availability of onions to ensure availability of onions at a reasonable rate during this lean period, the release said.
The government will also launch intensive awareness drive for general public asking them to procure potatoes and onions from 300 shops being opened within government premises and also government mobile vans. (KNN/ST)
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